"It is perhaps best to see the British and the Germans as an odd couple with a tendency to lurch from throwing dishes to mutual admiration."

When did the West become post-Christian?

What can we learn from the economic consequences of the First World War?

Teaching etiquette in the modern world

Sir Ronald Harwood serves as a reminder that the traditions of J.B. Priestley and Noël Coward are not quite dead in British theatre

The surprising story of Britain's first animated feature, Animal Farm

Why do so many rich capitalists have a penchant for collecting anti-capitalist art?

Was the artist an exploitative pornographer or one of the greatest artists of the 20th century?

‘I’m an actress, Ed, and I am often commended for my timing. Frankly, my dear, yours sucks’

‘I cannot think of a politician (and I have quite a list) who has been so consistently rude to and about me as Brooks Newmark’