Past Articles by Philip Reeves
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Alex Ferguson: A Legendary Manager For An Iconic Franchise Alex Ferguson, who is stepping down after 27 years at the helm of Manchester United, is widely regarded as the most successful British soccer manager ever. |
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Alex Ferguson: A Legendary Manager For An Iconic Franchise Alex Ferguson, who is stepping down after 27 years at the helm of Manchester United, is widely regarded as the most successful British soccer manager ever. |
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Alex Ferguson: A Legendary Manager For An Iconic Franchise Alex Ferguson, who is stepping down after 27 years at the helm of Manchester United, is widely regarded as the most successful British soccer manager ever. |
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For Some Britons, Thatcher's Death Provokes Celebrations Critics of the former prime minister have not remained silent in the wake of her death. Some Britons have openly celebrated her passing, with harsh graffiti, cyberattacks, drinking in the streets and even fireworks. |
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For Some Britons, Thatcher's Death Provokes Celebrations Critics of the former prime minister have not remained silent in the wake of her death. Some Britons have openly celebrated her passing, with harsh graffiti, cyberattacks, drinking in the streets and even fireworks. |
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For Some Britons, Thatcher's Death Provokes Celebrations Critics of the former prime minister have not remained silent in the wake of her death. Some Britons have openly celebrated her passing, with harsh graffiti, cyberattacks, drinking in the streets and even fireworks. |
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Exiled Russian Oligarch's Death Launches British Probe Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky died over the weekend in London. The oligarch made a fortune when the Soviet Union broke up but after disagreements with Russia's president, he sought and received asylum in Britain in 2003. In Britain, there's intense speculation over whether the Kremlin wanted him dead. |
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Britain Goes After Pot Growers With 'Scratch And Sniff' Cards More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis. |
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Britain Goes After Pot Growers With 'Scratch And Sniff' Cards More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis. |
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Britain Goes After Pot Growers With 'Scratch And Sniff' Cards More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis. |
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Far Before Pope Francis, Jesuits Were Repressed By Some Roman Catholic Leaders Pope Francis' status as the first Jesuit marks a momentous milestone in history. Relations between Jesuits and the Vatican have seen deep crises in the 479 years since the order was founded as humble missionaries. Their growing power and monopoly over education generated suspicion and hostility around Europe. In the 18th century, Jesuits were repressed by some of Europe's Catholic super-powers — Portugal, Spain, France. Emaciated, ragged Jesuit priests began roaming Europe, looking for refuge. Pressured by temporal powers, Pope Clement 14th jailed the Jesuits' leader, banned the order, closed their premises, and shared out their wine collection among his cardinals. There were further tensions in the 20th century in Latin America, between the Polish anti-Soviet Pope John II and Jesuits in Latin America, who were seen as too doctrinally close to Marxists opposing military dictatorships there. |
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First Day Of Catholic Cardinals' Conclave Rich In Ceremony On Tuesday, 115 cardinals convened, celebrated mass and then entered the Sistine Chapel for the first day of closed door deliberations on who should be the next pope. |
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A Rough Guide To The Papal Conclave On Tuesday, 115 "cardinal electors" will be locked inside the Vatican to begin the secretive process of selecting the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. It's one of the more spectacular and intriguing theatrical dramas on the planet. |
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A Rough Guide To The Papal Conclave On Tuesday, 115 "cardinal electors" will be locked inside the Vatican to begin the secretive process of selecting the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. It's one of the more spectacular and intriguing theatrical dramas on the planet. |
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A Rough Guide To The Papal Conclave On Tuesday, 115 "cardinal electors" will be locked inside the Vatican to begin the secretive process of selecting the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. It's one of the more spectacular and intriguing theatrical dramas on the planet. |
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The Hermit Pope Who Set The Precedent For Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI leaves office this week, the second pope to resign voluntarily. The first was Celestine V, a hermit who quit in 1294, after a brief and disastrous stint. Some scholars say Dante damned Celestine as a coward in his Inferno. Yet his example, legally and spiritually, played a major role in Benedict's departure. |
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The Hermit Pope Who Set The Precedent For Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI leaves office this week, the second pope to resign voluntarily. The first was Celestine V, a hermit who quit in 1294, after a brief and disastrous stint. Some scholars say Dante damned Celestine as a coward in his Inferno. Yet his example, legally and spiritually, played a major role in Benedict's departure. |
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Celebrated British Writer Derides Kate Middleton As 'Shop-Window Mannequin' One of Britain's most celebrated authors has launched a withering attack on the Duchess of Cambridge, the pregnant wife of Prince William, branding her a "shop-window mannequin" with a plastic smile whose only role in life is to breed. Prime Minister David Cameron described award-winning writer Hilary Mantel as "misguided" after she likened the former Kate Middleton to a "machine made" doll, devoid of personality. |
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British Outrage Grows As Horsemeat Pops Up In More Foods Food retailers are poring over piles of beef-based foods for hints of horse contamination. Aside from health concerns, why do Brits have so much beef with horsemeat? |
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British Outrage Grows As Horsemeat Pops Up In More Foods Food retailers are poring over piles of beef-based foods for hints of horse contamination. Aside from health concerns, why do Brits have so much beef with horsemeat? |
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British Outrage Grows As Horsemeat Pops Up In More Foods Food retailers are poring over piles of beef-based foods for hints of horse contamination. Aside from health concerns, why do Brits have so much beef with horsemeat? |
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Panel: Ireland Confined Young Women In Workhouses Ireland has expressed regret that thousands of women and young girls held in workhouses run by Catholic nuns were stigmatized by the label "fallen women." But Prime Minister Enda Kenny did not apologize for the state's involvement in decades of harsh treatment for women held in 10 Magdalene Laundries. He was reacting to a report that concluded the government oversaw the workhouses. |
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Archaeologists Confirm Parking Lot Remains Are King Richard III Scientists say some bones that were dug up in a parking lot in Leicester are those of King Richard III, the much maligned fifteenth century monarch. The research was driven by those who believe that the king was the victim of a posthumous smear campaign in which Shakespeare played a role. |
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Nightmare Details Emerge After Siege Ends In Algeria After the four-day hostage crisis in Algeria, the death toll has risen to at least 81. Algerian forces that were searching the natural gas plant in the Sahara that was taken over by Islamist militants found at least 25 more bodies on Sunday. |
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Algerian Attack Was 'Well-Coordinated And Heavily Armed Assault' The news blackout that Algeria has imposed on the hostage crisis at a gas plant was agonizing for some families with loved ones in danger. |
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Police: Rush Hour Helicopter Crash In London Could Have Been Much Worse A helicopter flying across London seeking to land due to bad weather clipped a crane atop one of the city's tallest residential towers and fell into a street crowded with rush hour traffic. The pilot and one person on the ground died, and 13 others were injured. |
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Police: BBC Entertainer Jimmy Savile Committed More Than 200 Sex Crimes A British police report released Friday found the late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes, "unprecedented in the UK." The report summarized a three-month investigation into charges against Savile, who died in 2011. |
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A Dash Of Olive Oil May Preserve Decaying British Cathedral One of the world's most basic cooking ingredients could be the key to protecting some of Europe's most stunning buildings. The limestone used in England's 800-year-old York Minster is particularly vulnerable to pollution. The oleic acid in olive oil, British researchers say, may provide the protective coating needed to prevent further decay. |
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A Dash Of Olive Oil May Preserve British Cathedral One of the world's most basic cooking ingredients could be the key to protecting some of Europe's most stunning buildings. The limestone used in England's 800-year-old York Minster is particularly vulnerable to pollution. The oleic acid in olive oil, British researchers say, may provide the protective coating needed to prevent further decay. |
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On Multiple Fronts, Russian Jews Reshape Israel The former Soviet citizens who flooded into Israel two decades ago have changed the country's demographics, helped strengthen the economy and played a significant role in the general rightward shift of the Israeli electorate. |
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On Multiple Fronts, Russian Jews Reshape Israel The former Soviet citizens who flooded into Israel two decades ago have changed the country's demographics, helped strengthen the economy and played a significant role in the general rightward shift of the Israeli electorate. |
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In Cornwall, Lisa Simpson Rivals Queen Elizabeth In Britain, every year on Christmas Day, the Queen delivers a speech to her subjects. Recently in Cornwall, which is part of England, a new royal tradition has taken root based on an episode of The Simpsons. |
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More Allegations Emerge Against BBC In Jimmy Savile Scandal A celebrity who was a serial rapist and molester operated at the BBC for years, was revered, and knighted. After he died, the BBC bungled its own efforts to investigate and expose him. |
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Hamas Leader Visits Gaza Strip For The First Time Khaled Mashaal, the long-exiled leader of Hamas, made his first visit to the Gaza Strip on Friday. |
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More Israeli Settlements Could Scuttle Peace Plan After the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognize the Palestinians as a non-member state, Israel announced it would expand settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. If completed, the project would effectively divide the West Bank in two, and mark the final blow to the two-state solution. |
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U.N.'s Palestine Vote: Symbolic Or Game-Changer? Palestinians are reveling Friday, following the U.N. General Assembly's elevation of their status from nonmember "entity" to nonmember "state." But what that change means depends on whom you ask. |
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U.N.'s Palestine Vote: Symbolic Or Game-Changer? Palestinians are reveling Friday, following the U.N. General Assembly's elevation of their status from nonmember "entity" to nonmember "state." But what that change means depends on whom you ask. |
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Palestinians' Abbas Goes To U.N. Seeking New Status Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appears at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to request an upgrade in the Palestinians' status at the world body. |
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Palestinians' Abbas Goes To U.N. Seeking New Status Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appears at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to request an upgrade in the Palestinians' status at the world body. |
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What Will It Take To Make The Gaza Cease-Fire Hold? A week has elapsed since a ceasefire ended an explosion of violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The truce has so far held, despite some disputed incidents which have left one Palestinian dead and a group of Gaza fishermen in Israeli custody. Egypt, as mediator, is now holding separate talks with both sides to hammer out detailed agreements on key issues, including easing Israel's blockade of Gaza, and preventing weapons being smuggled into the region. |
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The Role Of Gaza's Children In Hamas-Fatah Rivalry Eight days of Israeli missile strikes on Gaza killed a lot of children — and terrified many more. Yet in this war zone, the task of healing psychological wounds is handled a little differently. The children of Small Hands Kindergarten are barely more than toddlers. Led by their teachers to a public square, they wave toy guns at imaginary Israeli jets overhead and stomp on a poster bearing the Star of David. Yet this kindergarten isn't run by Hamas — it's run by supporters of Fatah. These young children are part of a chorus of voices calling for an end to the two rival factions who rule Gaza and the West Bank respectively. |
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Israelis Have Mixed Reaction To Cease-Fire Philip Reeves has more on the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. |
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Woman Who Was Denied Abortion Dies In Ireland An Indian woman who was 17 weeks pregnant entered University Hospital Galway in western Ireland in severe pain. Doctors quickly determined that Savita Halappanavar was miscarrying, but they refused to perform an abortion for three days. It was only when the fetus showed no signs of life that they removed its remains. By that time, the woman had developed severe blood poisoning and she died soon thereafter. |
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Pakistan Fears Afghan Spillover Of Chaos, Refugees Pakistan is growing increasingly worried about the threat of civil war in Afghanistan when U.S. and other Western forces withdraw in 2014. In recent decades, Pakistan has seen an influx of refugees and turmoil as a result of war in Afghanistan and hopes to avoid that outcome this time. |
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Church Of England Names New Top Cleric The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story. |
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Reporter's Notebook: Celebrating In Pakistan Pakistanis are observing Eid al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice, one of the holiest occasions on the Muslim calendar. NPR's Phil Reeves has this postcard. |
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Malala Isn't Alone: Another Pakistani Girl's Dream The case of Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old shot by the Taliban, focused world attention on the risks that some Pakistani schoolgirls face by simply demanding to go to school. Another 15-year-old girl from the same region is also speaking out, though her story shows the complex issues surrounding girls' education in Pakistan. |
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Pakistani Girl Shot By Taliban Transported To U.K. The 15-year-old Pakistani school girl shot by the Taliban has been flown to the United Kingdom for treatment. Malala Yousafzai leaves behind her a country that is full of outrage and disgust over the attack. Yet the reaction to her shooting is much more complicated than that. |
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A Shooting Foreshadowed By Taliban Threats The Taliban threatened the Yousafzai family in northern Pakistan for years because they were outspoken in supporting girls' education. NPR reporter Philip Reeves recounts his previous meetings with the family patriarch, whose daughter, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, is now fighting for her life. |
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Pakistani Girl Activist Wounded In Taliban Attack In Pakistan, a 15-year-old girl is in the hospital with a bullet wound in her head. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting. Malala Yousefzai has spent several years criticizing violent Islamist militants who do not want girls to have an education. |
