The movement of a musical from Stratford-upon-Avon to London’s West End, and then to Broadway. ‘Matilda’ Waltzes Across the Pond (WSJ)
Austerity, double dip, downs & ups
Stories from Britain as London works through the new economy. Retailing U.K. Frets as ‘High Street’ Suffers; Small Shops Close (WSJ) Real estate London’s Riverside Housing Boom (WSJ)
Downton’s finances
Learning from the past, or at least BBC’s interpretation of it. Money Lessons From ‘Downton Abbey’ (WSJ)
Landsburg on Dickens
Turning the things we’re not supposed to like into things we might like. What I love about Scrooge (Slate) (Note the like/love difference in the HTML page name versus the title of the article!)
British Migration 2013
Open borders, advertising, and politics in Britain Migrating to Britain? Please don’t (Marketplace)
British empire, diversity, empowerment
The diversity of outcomes in the British Empire, exports, and post-war economic sustainability: Which of the ruled appreciated the rulers and which did not? Book Review: Unfinished Empire (WSJ) This varied from locale to locale, a the author studies “the ways…