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The shoeless violinist

Patricia Kopatchinskaja's performances have a freewheeling recklessness that feels almost improvised.

Benjamin Poore March 11, 2024

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In search of Kerak castle

A new study testifies to the long and remarkable history of Kerak castle, a Crusader stronghold turned major strategic asset for Saladin.

Nicholas Morton March 8, 2024

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Orkney: ‘the most dangerous place of all Christendom’

Orkney's sense of difference from the Scottish mainland is rooted in the distant past and the archipelago's turbulent modern history.

Katherine Harvey March 7, 2024

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Sargent’s brush with fashion

A delightful exhibition of John Singer Sargent's portraits at Tate Britain is worth visiting, despite its faddish curatorial decision-making.

Alexandra Wilson March 5, 2024

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The Teddy Boys’ two-fingered salute

The postwar revival of Edwardian fashion among the British youth was a rebellion against a world of rationing and restriction.

Mathew Lyons February 29, 2024

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Cymande growing old gracefully

A new documentary charts the band’s journey from obscurity to unexpected success.

Max Mitchell February 28, 2024

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Attlee’s shadow

Clement Attlee's Labour government rebuilt Britain after the Second World War and left a contested legacy that has been claimed by both major parties ever since.

Nick Kaderbhai February 26, 2024

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The Russian leopard has not changed its spots

Tucker Carlson is hardly the first American traveller to Russia who has been willingly seduced by its regime.

Will Quinn February 19, 2024

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The Nazis’ last victims

Many Jewish children who fled Nazi-occupied Europe kept silent about their stories. As the last living links fade away, Julian Borger looks to his own father's experience to unders..

Elisabeth Braw February 13, 2024