A century ago, when the British Empire was at the high noon of its glory, many British singers, including opera singers, sought to add a veneer of respectability to the somewhat raffish reputation of their craft by acting as "English" as possible. The Welshmen...

PRINCE OF WALES: THE ULTIMATE ESCAPE? Like a thatched skullcap, the spruce-clad mountaintop had caught my attention and held it as we drove north from Thorne Bay through a spectacular recreational paradise that almost no one knows about. As a topographic feature...