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There is no anti-depressant quite like sea-swimming, and Holkham is where I usually go when I’m...

aka America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly As Walt Whitman gazed down the democratic vistas of...

Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. But there is also...

The political union of 1707 had been preceded by a natural one over 400 million years earlier....

The Nineties began on January 1 of 1990, except for the fact that of course they did not. Decades...

The demonstrations continued for several days, during which dozens of people were killed; but the...

It’s worth contrasting the history of Australia with that of another colonial experiment—the US....

It is not only through our actions that we can give life meaning — insofar as we can answer life’s...

I am so sure that everything we now take for granted is going to be utterly swept away in the next decade.

The cliche is blamed for spoiling language and style. While this may be true, its destructive...

What is Wrong with Happiness? The question in the title would baffle many a reader. And it is...

Down through the ages, a traditional form has evolved for this type of speech, which is: Some old...