Culture, Media and Tourism

Horses and hounds equal happiness

By Romina Sofia Fitzgerald (aged 7). I stopped my horse riding lessons when the winter got too cold. My Daddy told me bedtime stories about horses instead. One night, he told me…

Montaigne view: a tower in the Dordogne

The winding river Dordogne appears as though a string of pearls has been slung down onto a map of south-west France. From Bordeaux in the west to the newly opened Lascaux cave…


Media mistrust in Europe is rife

Almost one in two European citizens do not believe their national media provide trustworthy information and more than half think they are not free from political or commercial pressure, a European Union…


The Art of Peace at the Petit Palais

Diplomatic archives of historical and international significance – usually kept in secure concrete vaults – will be on display for the first time at Paris’ Petit Palais museum. They include a ratified…


£87bn industry walks talent tightrope

Creative industries in the United Kingdom fear they will not be able to retain or attract talent and skilled workers from the European Union if freedom of movement across the EU ends…


Strange goings on at Russia Today

The UK branch of the TV channel Russia Today (RT) last week received a letter from NatWest, saying its credit facilities were being withdrawn. Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief, cast the NatWest move…


Topographia hibernica: Irish ponder feast or famine

The colonial mind-set will employ a cognitive dissonance of superiority before questing after another nation’s natural resources. It was no different between imperial Britain and pastoral Ireland. Giraldus Cambrensis, the Welsh ecclesiastic,…


UK tourism in search of silver lining

New agreements maintaining market access for United Kingdom airlines operating in Europe must be quickly put in place or they will lose the legal right to operate services, Parliament will be told…



Minister Backs Creative Industries

The United Kingdom’s creative industries will be “absolutely central” to the UK’s Brexit future, the new minister for Digital and Culture, Matt Hancock, said on Friday. In his first major speech to…