National Women's Day is celebrated annually on February 13 in India. It marks the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu, one of the most prominent freedom fighters, child prodigy, poet and fierce ...

Far from being a good ol’ boy’s club, the world of crime fiction owes a large part of its success to the women authors who ...

In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London's foremost card manufacturers - to reveal how emotions were being 'manufactured.' ...

Akhteruzzaman Elias would often deconstruct novels as a literary form, emphasising the role of social realism in mastering ...

Award-winning British African heritage contemporary theatre company tiata fahodzi will tour three new plays from emerging ...

Before Nelson, no decisive blow was made against the French. But with Nelson came a series of crushing defeats, most notably at Aboukir Bay in 1798 and Trafalgar in 1805. All hopes of invasion went up ...

It will begin by focusing on Olaudah Equiano, one of the most famous Black abolitionists of the 18th Century, whose powerful ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Six artists selected for Paul Smith's Foundation international art prize. Winning artworks exhibited in London, Los Angeles, ...

Dvořák’s 9th symphony ‘From The New World’ is one of the best-known pieces from the symphonic repertoire. This Saturday ...

We have a veritable Whitman’s Sampler of theater choices on offer this month. Among the must-see are a brand-new work by a local playwright, a long-awaited reunion of a polarizing play and a new visit ...

Ross Douthat admits he is a little self-conscious about his interest in UFOs. “It’s just sort of embarrassing,” he tells me ...