In the Napoleonic Wars, Britain had a secret weapon. It wasn’t a new sort of ship or a better gun or different training regime. Britain did have those things. Her men were more disciplined, more ...

Vik Muniz, the Brazilian conceptual artist, has made regular trips to Salvador, a port city that is the capital of the country’s Bahia region. He and his wife Malu Barretto, who are based in Rio de ...