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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves No. 10 Downing St. to go to the Houses of Parliament in London on Saturday.

U.K. Parliament Votes To Delay Vote On Johnson's Breakthrough Brexit Plan

In compliance with the Letwin Amendment, approved 322 to 306 on Saturday, a reluctant Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the Oct. 31 no-deal deadline.

Twelve-year-old Atari enlists a pack of dogs to help him find his missing pet Spots in Wes Anderson's animated film "Isle of Dogs."

Wes Anderson's 'Isle Of Dogs' Offers Enchanting Stop Motion Animation

Film also stirs controversy about cultural appropriation

Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, an essential prog-rock band derided in the 1970s by critic Lester Bangs.

Can't Prog Rock Get Any Respect Around Here?

Critic Lester Bangs once declared progressive rock "musical sterility at its pinnacle." David Weigel, author of The Show That Never Ends: The Rise And Fall Of Prog Rock, begs to differ.

A trio of illustrations from the cocktail book <em>Shakespeare, Not Stirred</em>: Ophelia, King Henry VIII and King Lear.

Boozing With The Bard: How The Masses Find Common Ground With Shakespeare

From a theater company where audiences drink along with the actors to a book of cocktails inspired by his plays, alcohol has long been "a great provoker" in making the Bard's work more relatable.

Built in the 1830s, the Lockkeeper's House is the oldest building on the National Mall.

181-Year-Old Lockkeeper's Tiny House Ready For Its Next Chapter

Nestled at the corner of 17th Street and Constitution Avenue in D.C., sits a diminutive, storied house that once belonged to a lockkeeper. It has stood strong while the capital has changed around it.

A trio of illustrations from the cocktail book Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Ophelia, King Henry VIII and King Lear.

Boozing With The Bard: How The Masses Find Common Ground With Shakespeare

From a theater company where audiences drink along with the actors to a book of cocktails inspired by his plays, alcohol has long been "a great provoker" in making the Bard's work more relatable.

"This text has long been perceived as a masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. "It's been perceived as: <em>Oh that's about men and war.</em> But I think this text is as much about domesticity ... it's a text about home."<em> </em>The <strong><em></em></strong><em>Beowulf </em>manuscript above is thought to be approximately 1,000 years old.

Beowulf In The Suburbs? 'The Mere Wife' Is An Epic Retelling

For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told from the perspective of Grendel's mother.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (from left), U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Commission's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, at the start of an EU summit on Thursday in Brussels. EU and British negotiators came to an agreement on the United Kingdom's departure from the EU known as Brexit.

Even With A New Agreement, Brexit Is Not A Done Deal. Here's Why

It looks like a big breakthrough in Britain's long process to leave the European Union, but the saga doesn't end here.

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