When it comes to seasonal media coverage of the Middle East, Israel just cannot win

Nobody cares about the Royal Wedding — much

A fiercely loyal Communist with a ferocious work ethic, Mikhail Botvinnik was an unshakeable Grandmaster

Why is the bicentenary of the embodiment of Romanticism being downplayed by the BBC?

How insular is our sculpture? Not very, as a major new exhibition at the Royal Academy reveals

American TV dramas are often realistic and authentic, unlike their British counterparts

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Films like The King’s Speech can help to remedy the failure of our schools to teach history

Derek Jacobi gives a masterful performance as the tormented monarch

'Happiness consists in doing as we would be done by. Judaeo-Christian morality is integral to Enlightenment ethics'