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Thursday 12 August 2004 (25 Jumada al-Thani 1425)

Middlesex Meets ME: Saudi Summer Festival

SYON PARK, London, 7 August 2004 — There just had to be camels. Beautifully groomed and well-behaved, they gazed at the crowds of onlookers and the unfamiliar landscape created by Capability Brown... Full Story


Favorite Books About Elizabeth I

MICHAEL Dobson and Nicola J. Watson are the authors of England’s Elizabeth: An Afterlife in Fame and Fantasy (Oxford, 2002). It is a guide to the nation’s 400-year obsession with the Virgin Queen. ... Full Story


A Visionary and His Own Critic

CHADDS FORD, Pa., 7 August 2004 — In a field in rural Pennsylvania, director M. Night Shyamalan is surveying the remnants of his handiwork, a collection of worn wood and stone houses, forlorn outposts... Full Story




Riding Among Wild Horses in Northern California

A wild black stallion with about 20 mares at his side rears his head and stares intently, his body stiff and alert, ears perked. We rein our mounts and freeze in the saddle. For a few moments nothing... Full Story


Democrats Whistle to a Different Tune in Boston

BOSTON, 7 August 2004 — In a moment I will provide you with complete details on exactly what has been happening here at the Democratic National Convention (nothing). But first here is an Urgent Code... Full Story


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