In other words, Cannes knows who it wants parading on the red carpet outside the Palais, inarguably the most prestigious patch of crimson coating in the entire world, and who it does not. Which, it ...

For visionaries of European project, 'the dream of perpetual peace has been replaced by the nightmare of perpetual war,' says ...

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I was reading Andrea Wulf’s biography of Alexander von Humboldt as Donald Trump neared the 100th day of his second term. I was struck by her account of the wreckage inflicted on French civil ...

A new book has been published telling the story of the bizarre “ Wallace & Gromit- style” DIY music studio that was a breeding ground for some of Sheffield’s most experimental future-stars of the ’70s ...

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Giacomo Casanova has long been the embodiment of male charm and desire. The legendary Italian adventurer, born in 1725 in ...

Among the many merits of Rüdiger Safranski’s masterly biography is that it explores the full range ... the charismatic Goethe quickly became the chief attraction of the court, Voltaire to the young ...

The infamous ‘documentary’ film, The Eternal Jew (1940), attributed ... But Wolgemut’s imaginings of pedophilic torture, Voltaire’s inquiries into bestiality, Burton’s sado-sexual insinuations, the ...

American novelists have often imagined presidents who seize power and defy the courts. Their lessons are sobering ...

Today, 13 May 2025, is the fiftieth anniversary of the first performance by Cabaret Voltaire, at Sheffield Students Union Refectory. This will be commemorated in October by a live collaboration by ...