The far away war

I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE BBC ARCHIVES for stories of the first arrivals of South Asians in the postwar years, and being surprised at how little programming had been made documenting the experiences o

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

The Repair Shop star on discovering wartime secrets and commemorating Remembrance Day this month, 80 years on from VE Day

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

A city of Catholics in the aftermath of nuclear attack

Shadows Ulrik Skotte The Umbrella Murder The ...