Mike Stuchbery

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.

The story of the Beguines is important to remember in a time of increasing social fracturing.

Mike Stuchbery argues that Petrarch's passion for his muse Laura triggered the Renaissance imagination and paved the way for modernity.

Tribalism is killing us, wrote Tina Gharavi in our launch issue and Mike Stuchery has a vivid example of this from history.

Carl Benjamin, the would-be UKIP MEP for South-West England, must recognise that he speaks out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to issues such as racism and misogyny.

As the embers cool in the devastated sections of Notre Dame de Paris and the world comes together to restore it, it seems a good time to reflect on the effect that historic churches and cathedrals have had on my own life.