The best-loved of Britain's novelists penned a tale that struck a potent chord in the popular revival of the season of goodwill. Geoffrey Rowell explains its appeal and its powerful religious and social overtones.
Richard Cavendish visits the society dedicated to the tragic Great War poet.
Rachel Braverman on a shocking American realist.
The elaborate funeral portraits of Poland's 17th-century nobility are a window on their self-image and lifestyle, as Bozena Grabowska discusses here. (Translated from the Polish by George Lambor).
John Geipel chronicles the tenacity of the tongue in Brazil's Indian heritage
Every commune had to have one - Diana Webb explains how the cult of a holy man or woman and civic PR went hand-in-hand in medieval Italy.
Iain Smith looks at how teaching history is being turned upside down in South Africa today.
An article about a project in exploring Jewish instrumental music
National Trust work to restore the gardens of Stowe
Richard Hodges looks at the Pompeii controversy and asks if Britain does any better.
