The histories of the UK and Argentina are closely linked, with the relationship often marked by irony. The staff bar at the British embassy in Buenos Aires (BA) is called The Hand of God, and Argentin

was held in one of the roughest prisons in Singapore for 101 days. There were no beds or proper toilets. I was in cells with rapists and murderers. I was punched and beaten up every day. My nose was b

Writing exclusively for RT , Tom Hiddleston explains why, after 10 years, he had to bring back John le Carré’s spy – and how the author encouraged him to “keep the flame alive”

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Almost exactly a year ago, Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrived in triumph at Venezuela’s National Assembly in Caracas for his third presidential swearing-in ceremony. After being plucked

‘I felt that I should like to kiss the hands that had awakened a new world of music for me.’ The year was 1888, the occasion was the Paris debut of a 27-year-old pianist named Ignacy Jan Paderewski. A