** FILE ** Briton Terry Pratchett said watching a 71-year-old man's assisted suicide, filmed for a BBC documentary, has reaffirmed his support for the right to die. Mr. Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. (Associated Press)
Oliver Sacks is the best-selling author of many books about the mysteries and marvels of the human mind, including “Hallucinations,” his 12th, which explores the various ways in which we may viscerally experience worlds that, ultimately, do not exist. The New York Times once dubbed Mr. Sacks “the poet laureate of medicine.” (BBC via Associated Press)
BBC Director-General George Entwistle gives evidence on the Jimmy Savile sexual-abuse case to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Press Association)
BBC Director-General George Entwistle gives evidence on the Jimmy Savile sexual-abuse case to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Press Association)
**FILE** British disc jockey and BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile is seen Dec. 17, 1986, at Madame Tussauds museum in London. (Associated Press)
**FILE** British disc jockey and BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile is seen Dec. 17, 1986, at Madame Tussauds museum in London. (Associated Press)
Iraqi citizens claiming to be civil police, engineers and doctors answered a broadcast on BBC radio to come to the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq as the US military begins trying to establish a civilian force to restore order and public utilities Saturday, April 12, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
"Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson has one union calling for his job after the BBC personality said Wednesday that striking public-sector workers should be shot. (Associated Press)
Reading: The stories of Beatrix Potter The greatest testament to the storytelling prowess of English writer Beatrix Potter is that even with today's myriad options for nighttime reading, parents are still relying on a series of animal stories written more than a century ago to put their children to sleep. But as has been proved in Britain, most notably by the Royal Ballet and the BBC, Potter's stories need not be read only at bedtime. The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park proves this to be true stateside with live performances of Potter stories "Two Bad Mice," "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher," and the critically acclaimed classic "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck." Through Oct. 9 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD. Phone: 301-634-5380. Web: http://www.thepuppetco.org/
