An opera about the murder of an American Jew during a cruise liner hijack by Palestinian guerrillas gets its British stage premiere on Tuesday amid complaints by Jewish groups over the production. The Death of Klinghoffer, running on four nights, is one of the highlights of the Edinburgh international arts festival.
Seven hundred years to the day after Scottish hero William "Braveheart" Wallace was executed by his English foes, a historian has retraced his final journey to
promote his dream of independence for Scotland. David Ross, who has written books on Wallace and other Scottish national heroes, strode from Westminster through the old City of London on Tuesday wearing a kilt and carrying a sword. -- agencies
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