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Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English cleric and…

The generational stage actor speaks to Chris Harvey about Timothée Chalamet, his ‘failure’ at the Globe, and his new play ‘Dr Semmelweis’

The secrets to ancient Greek innovations, art in its rightful place, and gorgeous statues and views from Dublin to Albania

Conversation with Francis Bacon emerges amid the row over updating controversial language in the children’s author’s books

From Bernini to Bacon, the artist’s studio has long been a place of passion and tragedy, offering a unique glimpse into the creative mind

Much of western European philosophy, from ancient Greece to the present, has led directly to unspeakable evil

Mysterious portraits of fictitious people, the roots of colonialism and the works of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and friends – all in your weekly dispatch

With Craig about to return as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion, we take a look through the blond Bond’s action-packed filmography

The spat and injury inspired Bacon to paint his violent expressionist canvas Self-Portrait with Injured Eye