It’s difficult to say whether the world needed a new film about Napoleon. For anyone who has had the pleasure of watching Abel Gance’s silent biopic…

Britain’s political pundits were well aware that Monday might be a momentous day, following on the heels of the country’s lost Armistice weekend,…

When the great Japanese artist Hokusai, reached the age of 60, many of his greatest works were ahead of him. In Japan, that turning point in a person…

Mark Stone is a Sky News reporter from the United States. On 24 October, he imparted the latest news from the UN. Clearly visible over his right…

It was one of President Biden’s predecessors who said it was ‘better to stay silent and to be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.’…

The beauty of the coral reefs in the Red Sea was witnessed first-hand by John Kerry, United States climate envoy. While he and other delegates were…

My first encounter with the art of Sarah Lucas – in the flesh, I mean – was in less than satisfactory circumstances. I was visiting the British…

The new book by Rory Stewart, erstwhile member of parliament, is quite a hefty tome. At well over 400 pages, it would have benefited from some…

Round the back of Tate Modern in London, you come to the weirdly shaped Blavatnik Building.It is essentially a sturdy block, but some giant has…

The video makes for very uncomfortable viewing. In Ireland’s National Indoor Arena, a female judge is hanging medals around the necks of young girls…