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It must have been a pretty formative experience for an eleven-year-old: I can still see myself standing on the west bank of the Mississippi ...

Ah, Easter, Easter. The great feast of the Christian year. When the followers of Christ eat chocolate to celebrate his sacrifice to redeem m...

The trouble with having your back to the wall is that you can’t read the writing on it. I’m not sure whether the British Primer Minister Kei...

There’s no better way to understand how dependent we are on electricity than to spend half a day without any. That’s what happened on Monday...

When Oliver Cromwell visited the studio of the man who painted his portrait, Samuel Cooper, and saw how the artist had ‘enhanced’ his sitter...

Last week, spent with the grandkids, was as much of an eye-opener as my time with them always is. I enjoyed watching Elliott, now soon to tu...

There’s a story about three outstanding figures from the past, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon, visiting Russia. Putin’s cro...