Conan Doyle's attitude to war seems, from the tenor of this passage, to be one of stoic acceptance, rather than…
As Hiroshima vanished in the first atomic explosion of war, two Go masters calmly reset their scattered stones and continued…
“Via the squares on a chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which…
Not every deadlock is a stalemate, and not every defeat is a checkmate. Chess teaches us the difference.
Every generation believes it has discovered a better way to improve humanity. Inevitably, it begins by rewriting the rules.
The Howard Staunton Society gathered on Greek Street on 9th September for an evening on chess in prisons – and…
Howard Staunton devoted years to editing Shakespeare, but was England's greatest chess master equally drawn to the Bard because Shakespeare…
For Barry Martin, chess was never merely a game and art was never merely an image. Somewhere between Staunton and…
Some games determine kingdoms. Milton imagined one that determined the destiny of mankind.
The first great chess grandmaster did not play in London, Paris or Moscow, but in the dazzling court of the…
The greatest literary mysteries are not always hidden in forgotten manuscripts. Sometimes they have been lying in plain sight for…
Five centuries after Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings , its lessons on strategy, discipline and decision-making remain…
On Friday, 14th November 2025, The Howard Staunton Society marked a historic milestone in its 30-year history with a sold-out…
The greatest discoveries are often made not by choosing between science and the humanities, but by refusing to recognise the…
From Darwin to Nietzsche, from giraffes to grandmasters, the battle for survival has shaped far more than the natural world.
