15 Jul 2007 - 10 May 2022
A new exhibition about the enlightenment, sponsored by Germany, sits uncomfortably in Tiananmen Square ...
His career now ranges from the US Army to the Roman empire, via Jane Austen. Tom Shone picks his finest performances ... read more » The King James Bible is 400 years old this year, and the music of its sentences is still ringing out. But what exactly made it so good? Ann Wroe gives chapter and verse... read more » Literacy rates in sub-Saharan Africa are low, particularly among women. Some new initiatives are trying to change this ... read more » In our fifth instalment of Notes on a Voice, A.D. Miller considers the work of W.G. Sebald, reissued by Vintage this Spring ... read more » In her latest Land Rover column, Helena Douglas discovers the visceral thrill of a traditional English hunt ... read more » He is about to turn 70. He still tours, and tops the charts—but is he a golden oldie, or a tarnished one? Tim de Lisle decides ... read more » What happens when you build an island of culture in a vacuum? read more »