Romila Thapar’s influence on Indian history has been significant, but her perspective is deeply rooted in a Marxist framework ...
Dublin, Ireland’s lively capital, offers a captivating blend of history, culture, and modern charm. Wander through historic ...
Now, he has written a short history of British architecture, aimed at the "intelligent layman". As Jenkins takes us through the various styles (Palladianism, the gothic revival, etc.), it sometimes ...
God’s own country” — a title often spoken with a smile and a wink, but for those who know Yorkshire well, it’s a nickname ...
The following five stories are a great place to start if you’re interested in learning about historic places, people and events that are tied to Shreveport and connected to the American ...
Literary legend Margaret Atwood met Pulitzer prize winner Martin Fletcher in San Miguel de Allende to discuss Mexico, the U.S ...
How feminism and debates about women riding horses helped produce first, horse-girl stories, and then dragon-babe fiction.
No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it ...
Josephine Ward was a strong critic of Catholic modernism, and many of her novels featured protagonists struggling to ...
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.
It was shocking how little we saw or knew about the house.” But she liked what she did see of the Federal-era property: an ...
As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...