Gragert was stlill behind bars when Czechoslovakia ceased to be a Communist state. He had become an embarrassment to the new ...

In The Merchant of Venice 1936, which comes to The Lowry next week, Shakespeare’s harsh plot snaps into place against this backdrop. Shylock, its anti-hero, is a Jewish moneylender who becomes ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which marks its third year on February 24, has been a geopolitical earthquake, shaking the ...