In 2018 a big fat book returned to England, where it had been written, for the first time in 1,302 years. The Laurentian Library in Florence was lending, for an exhibition at the British Library, the ...

Explore the history and charm of Dorset dialect, from William Barnes to Alan Chedzoy’s a bit of a bumble, and learn how locals have kept the lingo alive.

As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to London, the year 1066 and the Norman Conquest are in the spotlight. The tapestry – an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long, created soon after the events it depicts ...

Steven Meisel is, without question, one of the most influential fashion photographers walking this Earth today. He once shot ...

An award-winning travel writer has featured Carlisle in his new book about his journey across the UK in his debut book.

Over the past eight years, at least 20 foreigners have helped raise and educate two boys believed to be the sons of Russian ...

Still, in my immodest opinion, it ranks among the most scintillating gems of short writing ever created to head a consequential news story. It’s a headline. It may be the headline of the century. It ...

Naomi Ishiguro is stepping out of her famous father’s shadow to forge her own magical path in fantasy fiction.

As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to London, the year 1066 and the Norman Conquest are in the spotlight. The tapestry – an ...

The American musician has inspired two generations of musicians in the subcontinent to break down the barriers between song and literature, protest and poetry.

In a cave in Cartagena, Spain, limpet shells and snails were found, collected in the same way modern humans would have done ...