American Presidency: Who’s Got Your Vote?

The month of November this year is a drastically important one for the American people. Tuesday,...

Bonfire Night: a brief social history, or why I’m staying in this year

Lewes, Bonfire Night / Dorling Kindersley/UIG / Bridgeman Images November 5th, 2010. A...

Art to Soothe your Soul

For #NationalStressAwarenessDay beat stress with a curated gallery of calming images. Throughout...

Lawrence of Arabia’s dagger goes to National Army Museum

With the help of more than £100,000 in grants, The National Army Museum has secured the dagger,...

Lest we forget: the politics of war

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the First World War ended. Each year we...

“O’zapft is!” – the Oktoberfest 101

Each year the Oktoberfest (colloquially known as “Wiesn”) officially starts with the mayor of...

The Statue of Liberty: 130 Years

October 28th of this year marks the 130th anniversary of the day the 22nd (as well as the 24th)...

The Battle of Hastings: 950 years

The legendary Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of ...

All the World on Show: The Universal Exhibition

As someone who buys more books than he will ever have time to read and as someone who shares his...

Breakfast with Lucian Freud and his wonderful sketchbooks

There is something incredibly intimate about looking into someone’s sketchbooks, a raw, naked...