Founded 1836 The Reform Club (1838–41) is the final word in the extraordinary triptych of clubs on this stretch of Pall Mall begun with The Athenæum (1827–30) and continued with The Travellers (1829–3

PROUST’S FAMOUS NOVEL IS CALLED IN SEARCH of Lost Time, and isn’t that the key to why we love history? It’s the urge to recover the lost past. Can we get beyond the mysterious veil to real events and

In defence of the libretto and the librettist

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

The sufferings of Afghanistan, and of those who invade it

A flawed comparative study of eastern and western philosophies