What drove these men was deracination: a detachment from one culture, and a failure to attach or understand another. They believed they could get away with it

What these findings really indicate is how much education – and the testing of achievement – has been run by institutions for the benefit of institutions

The Pakistani army tried to cripple the new nation by murdering those who might become leaders

It makes money; it develops projects; it creates high earners, as well as employing large numbers of dedicated people who work for almost nothing

I take my hat off to the lottery winners who decided to splash their cash around

We have come a long way since days when nobody would buy a girl band's records

Museums are about more than plunging you into a holistic version of the past

Music has been affected by a political conspiracy that assumes that the creative arts are just for the rich or the posh

Plus: If an Ivon Hitchens painting can fetch a six-figure sum, the long-expected crash in the value of art looks a long way off

Opera is an extraordinary thing, and its triumphs rest, like no other art form, on the physical and musical capacities of very rare individuals