Carol Gould is an American-born writer and journalist based in London who has written extensively about British culture and transatlantic affairs. She contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard covering topics related to British life, including the renaming of Arsenal's stadium, the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Grosvenor Square, and the European Union.
ON THE WEEKEND of April 14-15, 2007, delegates from the National Union of Journalists of Great Britain voted to boycott Israeli goods in a viciously-worded motion at their annual delegates' conference in Birmingham. The eminent journalist and MP Michael Gove has resigned from the union as a result.…
THE HEADLINE ON the cover of the April 13, issue of the Evening Standard read, '"The US Embassy Siege." Inasmuch as Britain had just endured the unfortunate saga of the 15 marines and sailors captured by Iran and then released with goody bags, one might have assumed this was a feature about the…
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