Wordsworth's lakes

This is Dove Cottage , in Grasmere in the Lakes region of England, where Wordsworth wrote some of his most important poetry. Wordsworth and ...

More words

There are so many everyday expressions that are different here. We say, "I want a round-trip ticket to London." Brits say, "...

Oxford and computer theft

About 16,000 students attend the three dozen colleges at Oxford , and you can see how they get around the narrow streets of this medieval to...

Liverpool and the Mersey Ferry

This is a photo of the mythical Cavern Club, where the Beatles played some 220 gigs in the early '60s. The club is faithfully recreated...

Shakespeare's home in Stratford

Saturday I went to Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born and bred, and where he spent the last half-dozen years of his life. Here ...

From Manchester to York

I'm in Manchester, England, for the next four months to help with the startup of a weekly business newspaper here, Crain's Mancheste...

Last week in Bolivia, then Mexico and home

The editors of La Razon have a little coffee and snacks after another session of leadership training. The last week in Bolivia, June 11-15...