Mike Stuchbery

Will Cologne's cathedral, which was centuries in the making, ever be considered to be truly 'finished'? Maybe nothing we build ever is.

Mike Stuchbery on how terrible moments of devastation can be overcome with creativity and vision.

Mike Stuchbery on reading one of the first printed bestsellers – a book on how to die properly – from his hospital bed.

On a recent trip to Germany, Mike Stuchbery came across the remains of a woman who lived some 8,500 years ago – astonishing, not only for the impressive manner in which she was buried, but the secrets that her bones contained.

Mike Stuchbery on his recent ADD diagnosis and why this has provided the breakthrough he needed.

Mike Stuchbery explains how a journalist's targeting of neighbours who recorded the prime minister-in-waiting has more in common with East Germany's infamous secret police than they do.

Mike Stuchbery sheds some light on the heated debate ignited by New York congresswoman Alexandra-Cortez

Whenever Mike Stuchbery travels to Stuttgart he is reminded that the courage to resist authoritarianism and tyranny isn't restricted to a particular kind of individual and here manifests itself in the form of a bookish single mother.

Mike Stuchbery examines the funding and support for Far Right figures delivered under the guise of journalism.

Mike Stuchbery on a renaissance artist who overcame the predatory sexism of her day and survives as an emblem of feminist persistence.

Mike Stuchbery on the troubling behaviour of a Brexit activist

London Mayor Sadiq Khan's comment on Donald Trump's nativism, isolationism and bigotry has hit a sore spot.

Mike Stuchbery recalls a cacophony of people through time, who came to London and made it what it is today.

Mike Stuchbery on another stirring story from our European past that shows how small actions can have big consequences.

'A Plague Tale: Innocence’ is a game about change. True to the alchemical concepts upon which much of the plot rests, the game represents an arc of corruption, distillation, purification and sublimation.

The milkshake has emerged as a potent tool in showing the Far Right in the UK for what they are – cowards and frauds, argues Mike Stuchbery.

Mike Stuchbery draws strength from history and argues that anyone who cares about stopping the Far Right, now fighting in a Europe-wide alliance, needs to vote in the Euro Elections this Thursday

When Far Right and populist figures such as Hungary's Viktor Orban talk about a 'crusade’ to defend 'Christendom’ - this should ring some very shrill alarm bells.

The 2nd Century tombstone near Hadrian's Wall tells a story as exotic as anything out of Game of Thrones, the epic love story of a woman from Hertfordshire and her partner from Syria.