The debate over the burqa is not just about religion, but about identity, security, and how we choose to live together as a ...

Harper Lee’s writing career was brief, but her single novel became one of the most famous in American history.

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It comes as a surprise for anyone assuming that ghosthunters are easily fooled scaredy cats to learn that there ...

London has become the best place in the world to eat out. Of course, there are a thousand other cities with marvellous food, ...

Jonathan Freedland has written a very good book on precisely such unlucky people: German patriots who hated Hitler and ...

We may not today meet witches, fairies and elves round every corner, but we are only too familiar with the big themes in ...

A great map library can be a wondrous thing to behold, as James Cheshire’s engaging, deeply satisfying and elegantly designed ...

Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne is a true classic in that it has never been out of print since its first ...

After Handel introduced Italian opera to London, Georgians and Victorians went to performances to wear their diamonds and ...

Stewart’s preferred name for the area is something of a conundrum. It recalls Cumbria’s former independent kingdom, while ...