This history is a welcome antidote to the obsession with the 12 years of Nazi power.

In May 1915, a Canadian officer serving as a gunner and physician on the Western Front, Lt. Colonel John McCrea, wrote a poem that has resonated around the globe for a century. The poem was written in the form of a rondeau, a short verse form of medieval France which is usually split into two […]

For many of us the night of Friday October 31st will be spent in front of the TV hoping we will not be called to the door on a freezing night and invited to provide a “treat” for a bunch of teenagers. “Halloween”, “All Hallows Eve” or “All Souls Night”, has been celebrated since the […]

Competition is most severe from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, which have doubled their sales over the past 5 years as they attract cash-strapped shoppers in times of economic austerity, job insecurity and rising mortgage payments.

Teenagers certainly have as much stake in society as their parents, for it is they, after all, who will inherit the future.

The result of separation has profound implications for both the English and the Scottish people.

It is difficult to imagine the unification of Sunni, Shia and Kurd into a unified national state.

Senior commanders should have known what to expect in 1914. The American Civil War, The Boer War and the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, were all harbingers of what the impact of artillery and modern rifle power could inflict on troops in the field. At the Battle of the Somme, the Maxim machine gun could fire […]

Universities are now far more inclined to consider GCSE grades alongside A levels for entry onto their courses.

Their presence in the region is disliked both culturally and economically.