Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin’s life spanned the last three quarters of the 19th century. He is probably best known for the five versions of the "Isle of the Dead" (in German, “Die Toteninsel”), ...

T here aren’t many living authors whose novels are already taught in schools alongside Dickens and Steinbeck, but Percival ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Don't just say "I like you" or "I love you"—make your love confession to that special someone in a more romantic way, with an unforgettable poem.

Now we should be clear about what we're talking about when we say classic movies. The best way to tell if a movie is truly a classic or not is time, so we made the call to only include movies that ...

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites. Show more Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music ...

But should a major decline occur, he continued, "heed these lines" from Rudyard Kipling's classic poem "If," circa 1895. "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs ...

against her best instincts, falls in love with him. But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and, for lack of a better term, job-oriented), has his eyes on ...

Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves ... to show how they might make the best of their circumstances. They often did this by focusing on what made them grateful ...