Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has helped make "more lucid" to him the ...

Once upon a time in a fabled land, far, far away, there lived a mad king.

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Have you ever felt like you were a character in a novel you have read? These days I feel like I am one of the animals in George Orwell’s “Animal ...

A reader says Beethoven would be bewildered that the European Commission plans to borrow €150bn to buy weapons of destruction ...

There is an unusual tendency among humans, that individuals or groups with less skill are usually the ones who claim their skill is superior. It happens often among children. It ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

An education consultant in Columbus, Ohio shares how writing a letter unlocked the dream of a family “compound” in her new ...

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s. The Republican has said repeatedly, “We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913.

The Valparaiso Creative Council opened the new creative center downtown to serve as a gathering place for the local arts ...

The unpublished love letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine shed new ... Expert says other factors may balance out some of the inflationary impact of tariffs. Some dairy cattle in Hokkaido are ...