5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (803+ words) I was at the wheel of our Land Rover Defender on Wednesday with my middle daughter Magdalena (18) en route to her weekly driving lesson, and I asked her: "How English do you feel?" Carla, her mother, is Italian and Italy…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (260+ words) The caf" is a marvellous construct, as the arcade is. It exists so that spoilt Regency women, the Chelsea hags of then, could shop without walking in horseshit. I know how they feel. It isn't lunch in the common sense…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (459+ words) One thing I am fairly sure I would not do would be to dance. In fact, were this country facing the prospect of Stalinism coming at us full force, the last thing I would do would be to get a…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (158+ words) Duke of York's Theatre, until 6 June London Coliseum, until 11 July James Stokes delivers a breathtaking range of subtle and painterly effects A fourth strand of the play emerges when Maggie's mopey ex-boyfriend shows up and attempts to revive their affair,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (98+ words) The Candidates Tournament, in which eight players compete for the chance to become the next world championship challenger, began in Cyprus on 29 March, and runs until 15 April. The Women's Candidates event takes place simultaneously. More information, and the official commentary…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (176+ words) Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, until 24 May Viollet-le-Duc kept superhuman working hours: 6 a.m. to midnight. And this show, spanning four floors, is testament to his prodigious use of drawing as a multi-pronged tool to observe, (re)create and seek truth....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (226+ words) Unemployment hovers at 20 per cent, and the most popular career path for young Nepalis is to leave the country The landslide that catapulted Balen to power did not begin with him, but with a system that had run out of…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (862+ words) The age of the aircraft carrier is over'The Spectator The age of the aircraft carrier is over Ever since World War Two, America's aircraft carrier fleets have served as imposing instruments of imperial power, roaming the oceans to cow recalcitrant…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (437+ words) I probably sound naive, but February always struck me as a month that should be full of hope " brimming with the type of optimism that comes from new beginnings. At least here in New York, though, it was grim. Everything…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (63+ words) Japan didn't qualify for the World Cup until 1998 Japan have beaten everyone now, including Brazil Yet another lesson that could be learned by from instructive nights in Glasgow and at Wembley. Hopefully the FA and SFA were taking notes. Philip…...