An adventure in concrete

Cultural Crusader

Stephen Simmons says the British Embassy in Bangkok helped foster more than a century of excellent UK-Thai relations until Jack Straw and Boris Johnson came along to ...

One of our most treasured landmarks, the Tower of London, represents 1,000 years of history. Almost three million visitors last year testify to the fact this is a universally loved destination – in th

There can’t be many shops that have received the distinction of being commemorated by the Royal Mint striking a coin in its honour. Not just any coin, but a £5 model, either in plain gold at £3,965, o

Nick enjoys a glorious tribute, but leaves a bit ...

Art Deco, with its exuberant passion for geometry, luxury and shiny chrome, cocooned troubled times in a layer of glitz. A century after the style gained its name, Gavin Plumley surveys one of the 20th century’s most all-encompassing movements