The Howard Staunton Society marked World Chess Day with an evening that reflected its mission of celebrating chess, history, culture…
Waterloo was not England's last great victory on French soil. In 1843, Howard Staunton crossed the Channel to fight a…
The Howard Staunton Society marked World Chess Day with an evening that reflected its mission of celebrating chess, history, culture…
The occasion holds particular significance in Soho, where L'Escargot, London's oldest French restaurant, has long been associated with British chess.
Howard Staunton lives on in Banbury. I openly confess that I am no expert on the life of Howard Staunton…
Chess has crossed more frontiers than any army, conquered more hearts than any empire, and united more cultures than perhaps…
On Friday, 14th November 2025, The Howard Staunton Society marked a historic milestone in its 30-year history with a sold-out…
Inspiration often comes from unlikely sources.
“Via the squares on a chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which…
For Barry Martin, chess was never merely a game and art was never merely an image. Somewhere between Staunton and…
The first great chess grandmaster did not play in London, Paris or Moscow, but in the dazzling court of the…
The occasion holds particular significance in Soho, where L'Escargot, London's oldest French restaurant, has long been associated with British chess.
Conan Doyle's attitude to war seems, from the tenor of this passage, to be one of stoic acceptance, rather than…