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�335,000 for VC pilot's medals

2009-11-19T15:16:29Z

Six medals awarded to a Second World War pilot, including a Victoria Cross, sold for a record �335,100

Our writers are allowed to pick a pocket or two

2009-11-13T08:25:12Z

You can lay many faults at the door of Sir Andrew Motion but plagiarism is not among them

David Cameron rounds on MP for Hitler expenses jibe

2009-11-02T09:37:41Z

Latest: Tory backbencher ordered by David Cameron to retract 'ludicrous' claims that MPs' treatment in the expenses scandal compares to the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany

Blair's think tank airbrushed link between crime and immigrants

2009-10-27T09:29:42Z

Possible links between mass immigration and some crimes were censored from a keynote government report, the Standard can reveal

Judgement Day is teasing the truth out of tragedy

2009-09-10T23:00:00Z

Although this is not a studiously political piece, Judgement Day is obliquely concerned with fascism

Christopher Hampton translates the big questions

2009-08-26T09:41:57Z

Written from inside Nazi Germany, �d�n von Horv�th�s still underrated plays raise the big questions about guilt and conscience, says his translator Christopher Hampton.

Munich is a Bavarian rhapsody

2009-08-07T12:28:13Z

Wench shirts, grand boulevards and metres of German sausage; Munich in summertime is a heaven

Music and Mussolini

2009-08-05T08:52:44Z

With three pieces by Ottorino Respighi, the Italian dictator�s favourite composer, receiving their Proms premieres, William Ward examines the cultural legacy of fascism.

Sleep Furiously shows beauty of Wales

2009-05-28T23:00:00Z

Sleep Furiously, slow and watchful journey around Dylan Thomas country, makes the best British documentary for a decade.

Musicians dance to the Nazis� tune in Taking Sides

2009-05-27T23:00:00Z

Michael Pennington shines in Taking Sides and Collaboration - sophisticated dramas from Ronald Harwood.

Time to face the Nazi music

2009-04-22T12:13:35Z

Two plays by Ronald Harwood re-examine the moral responsibility of the musicians who danced to Hitler�s tune

Bishop 'sorry' for comments on Holocaust bishop says sorry

2009-02-27T09:23:05Z

A British Catholic bishop who caused uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust has apologised for his views after widespread condemnation

Here comes Big Brother Britain � now stand up and fight for liberty

2009-02-26T09:41:43Z

This week the Government publishes its proposals for the giant computer bank to monitor our lives. But could this be the moment the public finally says �no� to the surveillance state?

Boss says: That is snow excuse to miss work

2009-02-05T13:06:03Z

TIMES are tough at Merton council. It�s ordered council employees who weren�t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.

Germany's artists in exile

2009-01-20T08:51:01Z

Work made in Britain by artists who fled the Nazis has gone on show in London

Mendelssohn, the lost master

2008-12-18T09:05:25Z

In a bumper year for anniversaries, a composer once judged equal to Beethoven and Bach deserves celebration

Kate's double date on road to Oscars

2008-12-16T09:31:23Z

Kate Winslet arrived at the world premiere of the film the critics are hailing as her best chance yet for an Oscar

Afghanistan �like a world war�

2008-11-11T09:08:19Z

John Hutton compared the Afghanistan campaign to the two World Wars as he paved the way to deploy more British troops against the Taliban

Whitewashed look at the White House

2008-10-23T23:00:00Z

Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic is sly, old-fashioned melodrama. It works as entertainment but as history, W deserves an F, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.

Inner fascists found in The Wave

2008-09-17T23:00:00Z

The Wave, telling the story of a school class that is transformed into a mini-dictatorship, is a strong film but in the end a rather obvious one.

Miss Behave is not for the faint hearted

2008-08-03T23:00:00Z

Three cautious cheers then for the Roundhouse for staging a month-long variety show, which is very much at the fetish end of the scale.

The 'Aryan' Hitler sculpture causing a furore over sale

2008-05-16T08:03:20Z

For sale - neo-classical sculpture, one careful owner, Adolf Hitler...

Shameful echoes in Lord Coe's defence of Olympic hypocrisy

2008-04-07T11:02:26Z

The Beijing Olympics, Grand National, Premiership and FA Cup - Matthew Norman has his say

Seductive Soviet propaganda

2008-03-03T00:00:00Z

Under conductor Xian Zhang, the London Symphony Orchestra enjoyed upstaging Sergei Eisenstein's film, in their presentation of Alexander Nevsky.

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

2007-12-20T00:00:00Z

Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.

Katharina's battle for Wagner's legacy

2007-07-25T23:00:00Z

Opening the Bayreuth Festival, Die Meirstersinger von Nurnberg is one of the most problematic of all Wagner's works to stage.

The untold story of the lawyer who defends terrorists

2007-05-24T10:14:22Z

Barbet Schroeder tells how he has turned the life of Jacques Vergès, lawyer to terrorists and war criminals, into one of the most important and powerful documentaries for 40 years.

Pacifism with a punch

2007-04-24T23:00:00Z

The second double-bill of the Young Vic's Big Brecht Fest is an uneven match. Orla O'Loughlin's How Much Is Your Iron? provides all the value, while Senora Carrar's Rifles is rather dull.

Family misfortunes

2007-04-04T23:00:00Z

Rory Bremner seems to have relished his move from politics, translating to the stage with breezy farce and a generous dollop of cynical social satire in this Brecht double bill.

The best fun on the Fringe

2006-08-13T23:00:00Z

A story brimming with mad ideas and ridiculous coincidences, Improbable Frequency melds song and dance seamlessly with absurdist theatre in a production that fizzes with energy.