In too many years covering politicians, I’ve come to the depressing conclusion that most of the ones that aren’t weird are boring. Very few pass the International Herald Tribune test, which goes like ...

The battle lasted nearly four hours, and the Vietnamese retreated with heavy casualties. The Australians had prevailed, but the cost was high. Seventeen died (the average age was 21) and 25 were ...

We can be sure, however, that if the war spreads to a general European or world conflagration, those consequences will be grave. Then, the so-called “lessons of Munich” will fade into the shadows and ...

THE poetry of the Great War helped put an end to the idea that it is a ‘sweet and honourable thing’ to die for one’s country. Having already been recommended for the Military Cross for rescuing a ...

Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.

As we witness, in real-time, the most significant armed conflict in Europe since World War 2, I ask the question: What is the role of art, of music, of poetry under these devastating circumstances?