Culture How Dürer shaped the modern world Philip Hoare explores how the artist’s obsession with science, magic and self-promotion paved the way for our existential age. By Sue Prideaux
The world according to Wagner How the composer infiltrated every corner of culture, from Hollywood and literature to architecture and philosophy. By Sue Prideaux
Educating Rembrandt In the city of Leiden, the budding artist was surrounded with industrious craftsmen, freethinking printers and cutting-edge science By Sue Prideaux
Dictators: the great performers From Mussolini to Papa Doc Duvalier, how image and theatre give tyrants their power. By Sue Prideaux