Let’s not talk about Lucy Letby, says my doctor friend. Not her trial and her 15 whole-life tariffs for murderous assaults on babies. Not in my kitchen. My psychiatrist friend bans the topic on her ...

Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the ...

Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

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Philosophers are trained to keep themselves out of their work. It’s supposed to all be about the arguments, not the arguer. So it’s not surprising that few write autobiographies and, when they do, ...

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In 1984, a little-known company called Theatre de Complicite went on tour with A Minute Too Late, an anarchic comedy devised around the subject of death. The company's style - inspired by the teaching ...