Knights with guns

The piece I’d never part with

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle

Today, the ocean liner is often considered a glamorous yet thoroughly outdated form of transport. While ships such as the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania remain household names, their lesser-known c

I must extend my huge thanks to Jon Winder for his excellent article Swings and Roundabouts (July). I am currently scribbling notes which I hope to turn into a memoir of my childhood, and one chapter

New light on ‘Captain’ Warner’s weapon of mass destruction

Clive Aslet pays tribute to Léon Krier, the visionary architect who eschewed modish modernism to champion traditional, walkable neighbourhoods — and was chosen by King Charles to mastermind the Duchy of Cornwall’s model village, Poundbury