These days, to see a cheque is rather a rare sight. You may get one from an older relative as a birthday or Christmas present but for youngsters it may be the first one that they have ever seen. With

The samurai’s history and legacy, Angela Merkel’s 21st-century military and a new aviation festival

“Money isn’t funny” is a comedy maxim. But can it ever be ghostly? For example, how about when money drops from thin air? A ghost story about materialising cash sounds very odd, but it is what a trio

The description of money as dirty has a long history in English literature, from Shylock’s account of usury to Martin Amis’s novel Money (1984) to Caryl Churchill’s play Serious Money (1987). Mostly t

A new exhibition at the British Museum explores the mythmaking of Japan’s feudal warriors

Quiz of the week 1) Which Shakespeare play ...