There are many museums of natural history, of archaeology, of decorative and fine arts. There are outdoor museums that show ...

The US’s bankruptcy laws are grounded in a revolutionary idea: to allow failed Americans the chance to brush themselves off ...

Koch’s bacillus – the cause of tuberculosis – was identified in 1882, earning the microbiologist Robert Koch the Nobel prize ...

As in Sally Rooney’s previous novels, the main characters in Intermezzo fall in love quickly, tidily and passionately. They meet, their outfits are described, they exchange clipped dialogue and are ...

“Lisbon is Portugal. Beyond Lisbon there is nothing”, asserts João de Ega, a character in Eça de Queiroz’s The Maias (1888). These days students in Europe’s westernmost nation are required to read the ...

The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita: ancient Indian texts that challenge Western categories, yet influenced the course of ...

I have been in something of a Twitter storm over the past few days, all because of an argument about the ethnic diversity of Roman Britain (sounds harmless enough you think, well . . . just see). I ...

This week, Toby Lichtig goes to see the latest Roald Dahl adaptations, junior critic in tow and Dinah Birch celebrates the enduring power of Ebenezer Scrooge.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Always question, never be afraid to change when the answer is “change”. To what extent, in your view, is writing a political act? To a very large extent.

The Petrarchan sonnet “National Service” was written by Thomas Hardy in early 1917 “in a great hurry at the request” of the newly expanded National Service Department. Its content and august iambic ...