There have always been strong parallels drawn between chess and geopolitics. This is as true today as in the past. Naroditsky paid the price.

Rather than die the rural death, the small farming village of Penelles turned to street art.

The Dalí Theatre & Museum in Figueres is quite something. It houses the best collection of Dalí works anywhere in the world.

Robert Redford and I acted together before I quit my Hollywood career. Robert sadly passed away today.

Success is the highest virtue in American society. The flip-side is that America's losers get a raw deal. Understand American politics by understanding the country's cultural underpinnings.

Dominated by cultural anxety, the debate on immigration has gone stale. Culture should play no role at all in immigration policy

The Zone of Interest shows what happens in the final stages of fascism. Ahead of the US election, the film reminds us what is at stake.

The England men's football team performs worse than the sum of its parts. Here is why.

The English admire resilience. But their admiration of resilience allows political parties to sell myths about the country's problems.

Culturalism is the cultural equivalent of racism. It is rife in Western societies and most people are not even aware of it.

Catholic influence during Visogoth rule in Spain was so disastrous that Muslim rule which followed was greeted with open arms.

Martyrdom is a time-honoured method for garnering support for political causes. It is being used in Gaza today.

A great asymmetry explains why cultural differences are so easily exploited for political purposes.

Culture turned to the dark side once human populations came into contact with each other.

Most people take it for granted that culture is a good thing. Yet, culture sits right at the heart of darkness.

She triumphed over abuse. Respect for Tina Turner who died today.

The monster waves of Nazaré are the biggest in the world. They are deadly too.

Perhaps prematurely, I have developed a fondness for cemeteries. Alto De Sao Joao cemetery in Lisbon is one of my favourites.

Penises greet you everywhere in the surroundings of the Chimi Monastry in Bhutan's Punakha Valley.

Religious people suffer from a version of insanity, but you can't blame them for having no imagination. The religious madmen of Bhutan are certainly no exception.