Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. To the Cambridge Union to debate the motion “Is regulation strangling radio”? I am against regulation, so clearly on ...

When President Ronald Reagan was in surgery after being shot, Al Haig, his secretary of state, went on television and announced, “I’m in charge.” This occasioned some disbelief and merriment, and not ...

How quickly the leap from entertainment to deadly seriousness can be made. Whatever you think of Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear, the BBC, or the supposed battle between petrolheads and our old friend ...

Men on both sides of the British Civil Wars wore lace, while the tawny orange colour worn by Oliver Cromwell indicated he was a Parliamentarian; Royalists wore red A new display aims to lay to rest ...

I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.

This week, we have a two-part series on the catastrophic First English Civil War. We trace the twists and turns of this tumultuous period from the perspective of Bulstrode Whitelocke and Edward Hyde, ...

Professor Stephen Bann provides context for “The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral,” oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1712-1715 Credit: Allan Appel Photo Is fast art more nourishing than fast food? If so, how ...

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I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.