Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Art Deco cinemas, red telephone boxes and mock-Tudor semi-detached houses — the everyday buildings of the 1920s ...

A public seminar will examine the political forces and international influences behind the rise of authoritarian rule in ...

Across history, many Polish artists, musicians, actors and performers have adopted stage names at the start of their professional lives. These slick, glamorous monikers have allowed them to kick-start ...

In the late 1920s, a group of German officers stood side by side at a range, practicing their marksmanship by firing at target dummies dressed in Polish and Czech military uniforms. Standing next to ...

The Royal Institute of British Architects has urged the UK government to retrofit over three million homes in England to help cut carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. In a report named Homes for ...

Historic England announces list of 21 establishments from interwar era to be protected by government as examples of the ‘improved pub’ movement When an Israeli property developer took a wrecking ball ...

Noise was first considered a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the “age of noise” by the author and essayist Aldous Huxley. In this era, the proliferation of mechanical sounds, ...