“We haven’t played live in two years,” Suggs says, reflecting on how the epidemic ruined this British pop institution. “At the bus stop, I’ve found myself singing to old grannies.” Still, the band and the crowd are back in their seats in a matter of seconds for the Madness December tour’s usual seasonal favorite. Fezzes […]

A mournful inscription reads, “To Great Men From a Grateful Nation,” above the portico columns of the Panthéon in Paris, which was constructed the year following the assault of the Bastille. From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Jean Moulin, the magnificent monument has been the resting place of masculine heroes of the French country for well over […]