Mike Stuchbery

With the Coronavirus the subject of headlines the world over, fears of a pandemic have again arisen. Along with media speculation, however, there is a far more insidious contagion.

Mike Stuchbery returns with his telling short histories - this time of how climate change and panic led to an explosion of persecution, mainly of women.

After a tumultuous year politically and personally for Mike Stuchbery, he reminds how humans have survived the darkest hours.

Mike Stuchbery reflects on leaving the UK behind after a tumultuous three years.

Mike Stuchbery explains his decision to leave the UK

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.