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Readers weigh in on whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be part of presidential debates, if they are even worthwhile and what his anti-vax remarks make him.

Last week I took part in a debate on one of the most important issues affecting education and culture. Hosted by Intelligence Squared, the motion was: ‘It’s time to ditch the canon of Great White Men’. I was against; the teacher and author Jeffrey Boakye was for it. I lost. Boakye is a better speaker than I, and he made his points more effectively. The audience rightly rewarded him with victory.

Yana Peel has played a key role in the three-year refurbishment of the National Portrait Gallery, now set for a triumphant reopening

British historian Orlando Figes says President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine won't end with him going down in Russian history as one of its greatest leaders and warns that the conflict could end with chaos inside Russia.

Writer of Empireland, which examined Britain’s imperial past, says culture war-fuelled online trolling and heckling ‘gets to you’

I guess that like most people around the world, I’m amused and entertained by the British royalty and, almost for that reason alone, I would be sorry to see them go.

‘The political climate is really difficult at the moment for creative output’ she says

During a debate that pitted Florida against New York, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio claimed ...

The gladiator format isn’t always conducive to shared understanding, but alternatives are gaining ground.

/PRNewswire/ -- This month, Intelligence Squared U.S., the leading nonpartisan platform for debate in the country, is relaunching under the name "Open to...