By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried’s most recent book is “The Year the City Emptied,” versions of 28 poems by Baudelaire for the 21st century. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ...

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He started his ministries in the late 1970s and became a well-known speaker at church events. Uebert became famous thanks to the activities of the Spirit Embassy, an organisation he founded and led.

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An excerpt from Namit Arora’s Introduction to ‘When I See, I Sing: Verses in Translation of Baba Farid, Namdeo, Kabir and ...

It is a tale as old as time finding out celebrities you love have famous parents. You watch a brand-new great BBC comedy show and think: “Wow, that person is so talented, I’m going to read mor ...

It was the great escape. Taylor Swift attempted to evade paparazzi and crowds at Spago in Beverly Hills, Calif., by sneaking out back through the kitchen in January when she dined there with pals ...

Here at Science Friday, we’re big fans of metaphors. They can make complicated scientific concepts easier to understand, for both non-experts and scientists themselves. For example, “the big bang” ...

His path crossed once, briefly, with another famous inmate ... Van der Hoogt prize for Dutch literature (1972). "His poems are rich in metaphors and are a complex mixture of references to Buddhism ...