Latvia’s Lost World
Jean-Paul Kaufmann's A Journey to Nowhere recounts how a student love affair led him to discover Courland, the Latvian peninsula with a troubled history
Norman Wisdom
The Normans embellished Saxon churches but they also built their own, and there is nowhere better to admire their artistry than Herefordshire
War Games
Despite being a keen chess player, Napoleon Bonaparte was more a pawn than a king on the board
Israel Left Behind
‘The seriousness of a left-wing movement in today’s Europe can be measured by its stance towards Israel’
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville's fascination with human flesh started as an art student when she was awarded a scholarship to attend Cincinnati University. Once there she
Au Revoir Les Clercs
It may seem like the French belletrist is a dying breed, but the modern-day public intellectual has always been something of a myth
Regenerate Art
From beneath Berlin's streets archeaologists have unearthed a reminder of Nazi oppression
Bigotry or Dissent?
As dissenters are labelled bigots and homophobes in the same-sex marriage debate; has Britain become too intolerant for free speech?