Jim Potts is a poet, writer and filmmaker who was head of the British Council in Prague from 1986 to 1989. On a recent visit to Prague he shared his memories of the time.

A Janus word or phrase has two meanings, each the opposite of the other. Janus words are named after the two-faced Roman god of archways and doors, Janus. There are many such words in English, the ...

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Beauty is power. This is perhaps why it has played such an important role in culture and society since the beginning of time.

During her latest deployment, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nurse Krystal So lost colleagues, narrowly escaped an airstrike, ...

THE action in the two plays by Terence Rattigan that make up the double bill called “Separate Tables,” at the Music Box, takes place in a seaside resort hotel in southern England. This is quite an ...

With a history of fantastic near misses in UK pop, we take a look at the ten best singles that didn't quite nab number one.

The room that is now Dalston’s EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy.

So much of autumn seemed to be on display in Washington on Friday, as a golden October ended amid great gusts of the famed ...