Suffolk (England)

Ever used a phony accent to fool somebody? Yeah, me too. When I was an 18-year-old college student, in 1963, my buddy Steve and I tried to impress girls at the beach with our English accents. We'd recently appeared in a Shakespearean production on...

"He just pestered me until I said, 'Yes,'" Carolyn Long says of her reason for marrying Ray Long. Ray noticed Carolyn Cappuccio instantly during his employee orientation at the law firm where she worked in Boston. He was dating someone that spring in...

Poet Simon Armitage has announced a plan to walk 260 miles along the English coast this summer. During this sojourn, Armitage will offer readings at pubs, schools and other venues in exchange for food and shelter, carrying no money and relying on his...

BOSTON -- Carrying hurricane-force winds, a monstrous blizzard pounded the Northeast on Satur day, dropping more than two feet of snow in many areas and causing as many as 650,000 homes and businesses to lose power. Even as snow-clogged roads gave...

George M. Kurtz, 95, passed away on Dec. 29, 2010, at Heritage Place in Owensboro. Formerly from Sturgis in Union County, Mr. Kurtz was an auctioneer, businessman and farmer. Born Feb. 3, 1915, on a farm near Buckeye 25 miles south of Lexington to Hugh M....

The Billboard topping Celtic band Gaelic Storm will be at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The band has been touring North America and will be bringing a whole lot...

BRITAIN French and friendly Le Champignon Sauvage (the Wild Mushroom) is a wonderful French restaurant in the Cotswolds. It is unpretentious and friendly. Reservations suggested. Le Champignon Sauvage, 24-26 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire;...

Whether it's balanced on the rim of a volcano or made of crystallized salt, the right hotel can provide you with a good year's worth of bragging material. These are the kinds of places you have to go at least once, if only to say you have. The best...

"Three Maids for a Crown: A Novel of the Grey Sisters" by Ella March Chase The Grey sisters have simple desires: Jane wants a quiet life dedicated to scholarly pursuits, Katherine wants to marry the handsome man she thought loved her, and Mary just...

Wildwood A Journey Through Trees Roger Deakin Free Press: 392 pp., $26.95 Can someone tell me why old-fashioned naturalists write so beautifully and present-day environmentalists write so badly? Deakin's writing, in this and his previous book,...

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat and icon of American liberal politics who was the last surviving brother of a legendary political family, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., his family announced. He was 77. ---------...

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat and icon of American liberal politics who was the last surviving brother of a legendary political family, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., his family announced. He was 77. Kennedy...