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A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland

Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it

It was then the most expensive documentary ever made and, many think,the greatest

The dating system invented by Tiny Dennis

With Brexit settled, Britain must seek to engage with its unalterably European cultural heritage and identity

When society no longer sees the taking of one’s own life as a sin, it is unclear who should be responsible for attempting to prevent such deaths

A Cambridge college tried to remove his memorial plaque and the Church branded him a “slave trader” but, in fact, this royal retainer was a philanthropist

With ho-hum bands, faux-eco fans and sky-high prices, Glastonbury Festival has strayed far from its countercultural roots

The regulator was complicit in a misleading C4 documentary about the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya

Think tank-driven Street Votes policy risks trampling on middle-class dreams by bringing high-density housing to peaceful neighbourhoods