Cultural

Ann Hills examines the reconstruction of Singapore's 19th-century buildings to accommodate tourism.

The unlikely setting of the East London suburb of Walthamstow was a centre for the infant British cinema industry at the turn of the century. Margaret O'Brien and Julia Holland chart its course, aided by interviews with and recollections of local people, many of whom were involved as 'extras' in the early silent films.

Victoria to Freud, Volume 2, The Tender Passion

Existing elements of pagan midwinter rites fused with the developing theology of Christmas in an appeal to the senses of both sacred and lay.

Ian Mitchell explores the Märkisches Museum devoted to the history of Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg.

Susan Bayly looks into an Indian Museum in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Peter Stansky takes a look at the increasing number of houses either privately owned or owned by the National Trust being opened to the public.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man - is this the secret of Braudel's fame as the Victor Hugo of French history?

Port wine and a queen for England from Braganza - commercial and cultural links strengthened the alliance steadily during the Age of Reason.

Francis Robinson takes a look at how Muslims breached the culture gap with the western world.