Jill Lawless

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Huston’s “Infrared” wins Bad Sex fiction prize

Huston’s “Infrared” wins Bad Sex fiction prize

Jill Lawless · December 4, 2012 9:06 pm

Britain's Prince William leaves a hospital in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge is being treated at the hospital for severe morning sickness. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Royal pregnancy highlights succession issues

Jill Lawless · December 4, 2012 8:06 pm

Elizabeth Price, the winner of the Turner Prize 2012 delivers a speech at the Tate Britain art gallery in London, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Elizabeth Price wins UK’s Turner Prize for arts

Jill Lawless · December 3, 2012 10:58 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, James Earl Jones, left, and Vanessa Redgrave appear at the curtain call for the opening night of "Driving Miss Daisy" on Broadway in New York. Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones are reuniting onstage to play lovers Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" at London's Old Vic Theatre. The actors, who starred together in "Driving Miss Daisy" in the West End and on Broadway, will be directed by Mark Rylance in a production opening in September 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Spacey unveils star-studded 2013 Old Vic line-up

Jill Lawless · December 3, 2012 6:28 pm

A man walks out of a Starbucks coffee cafe holding a drink in west London, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. A committee of British lawmakers says the government should "get a grip" and clamp down on multinational corporations that exploit tax laws to move profits generated in Britain to offshore domains.The committee says major multinationals including Starbucks, Google and Amazon are guilty of immoral tax avoidance. Starbucks announced it is reviewing its British tax practices in a bid to restore public trust. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Britain to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance

Jill Lawless · December 3, 2012 1:12 pm

Pentagon lawyer: War on terror not endless

Pentagon lawyer: War on terror not endless

Jill Lawless · December 1, 2012 5:47 pm

Oxford chooses ‘omnishambles’ as word of the year

Oxford chooses ‘omnishambles’ as word of the year

Jill Lawless · November 13, 2012 2:45 pm

More BBC staff probed on sex claims post-Savile

More BBC staff probed on sex claims post-Savile

Jill Lawless · October 23, 2012 4:00 am

3 British men go on trial over alleged terror plot

3 British men go on trial over alleged terror plot

Jill Lawless · October 22, 2012 3:59 pm

From left, Actor Aneurin Barnard, writer and director Ciaran Foy, actress Wunmi Mosaku and producer Katie Holly arrive during the BFI London Film Festival at the premiere of "Citadel" on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in London. (Photo by Ki Price/Invision/AP)

‘Rust and Bone’ named best picture at London fest

Jill Lawless · October 20, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2010 file photo a Royal Marines Commando cap badge is seen. Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. They are the first British troops to be charged with murder in the country since deployments began in 2001. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Ison, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

5 UK marines charged with murder in Afghan death

Jill Lawless · October 14, 2012 4:00 am

FILE In this Sunday Sept. 18, 2005 file photo British singer Vera Lynn and Jimmy Saville, right are seen at the unveiling of a contemporary sculpture at Victoria Embankment in central London to mark the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television -- an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. A year after he died, aged 84 and honored as Sir Jimmy, several women have come forward to claim he was also a sexual predator and serial abuser of underage girls. The allegations have set off ripples of shock -- but not of surprise. There had, colleagues said, long been rumors. The main question being asked now is: Why did no one do anything? (AP Photo/Matthew Fearn, Pool, File)

TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children

Jill Lawless · October 2, 2012 4:00 am