Opera directors are utilising programme books to purvey their moral and ethical wisdom

The idea that there are multiple universes and that it might be possible to “‘versejump” is surely one way of explaining the cinematic urge

A fragrant modern Barolo is royalty among Italian wines

A time when countrymen had to steal or starve

How to guard your precious crops against thieves

Home comforts are preferable to enduring the expense and discomfort of the racecourse

She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?

History suggests that female rulers are far more likely to start wars than their male counterparts

Britain is a sad sunless satrapy of the American empire