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Heritage

Different Class
Only in Britain could a TV company get away with a drama that looks so lovingly at the past
Nick Cohen

The German Question
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson; Fame by Daniel Kehlmann; The Box by Günter Grass; and Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman by Friedrich Christian Delius
Daniel Johnson

Flouting (Not Flaunting) the Rules of English
The teaching of grammar should be at the heart of the school syllabus. Without it we are killing intellectual curiosity
Simon Heffer

A Cure for our National Amnesia
Michael Gove's reform of the teaching of history needs to draw on the Judaeo-Christian tradition
Michael Nazir-Ali

Let’s Look After Our Churches
The National Churches Trust preserves and protects churches across the UK
Ruth Lea

Finders Keepers
Whose Culture?: The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities edited by James Cuno
John Adamson

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting
The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?
Michael Weiss

Hero Worship
The film Valkyrie has sparked a debate in Germany about Claus von Stauffenberg's action-hero credentials
Mara Delius

An American in Fulham
‘Dempsey's late equaliser caused a drowsy American to rise from his sacred couch and send his voice skyward, filled with pure exultation’
Spike Vrusho

Rebuilding our Heritage
The Vivat Trust conserves and restores the smaller historic buildings that are overlooked by larger organisations
Georgina Blackwell

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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