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Captive audience: Party members await a speech by ...

When Craig Easton stepped on the ferry that would take him to the Hebridean island of Jura, it was with the aim of capturing more than just the island where George Orwell spent his final years, finds Ailsa McWhinnie

“I am a Member of our funny little ...

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

An old man lives at the bottom of my garden. His name is Robert Barkus, or Bakehouse, or Bagust. Nobody is quite sure. But I often sense him around when I’m gardening, and I’ve found out a fair bit ab

At the height of his popularity during the early 20th century, Rudyard Kipling emerged as the standout literary star of his generation. Adored by the British reading public for his vivid storytelling