"San Francisco," said Rudyard Kipling in an 1889 account discovered by John Dobby, "is a mad city inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty." (Music, shmusic.) Wednesday's Symphony and tonight's Opera...
American actress Meryl Streep and British actor Colin Firth attend the press room at "Orange British Academy Film Awards" at the Royal Opera House in London on February 12, 2012. UPI/Rune Hellestad
