Our great grandfather hadn’t crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 112 years — but he was about to.  Maybe not all of him, but a ...

Hollie McNish talks about her new poetry collection, Virgin, which explores the damaging power of this word and asks for a broader understanding of its possibilities. Her readings on today's programme ...

For most young adults, Rabin’s assassination is something they learned about in history class, at a day school assembly or ...

“False War,” by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, follows the Cuban diaspora around the world.

If you are hungry a handful of rice and curry is the greatest relief. But who are these people who keep coming to kill peace?

China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat ...

Cincinnati collections house books bound in human skin. The books gained the attention of John Hancock and George Washington.

New books and a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene play reclaim the poet-parachutist for an era marked by antisemitism and ...

Princess Kate will make a major solo outing next week as her children return to school after half-term. Princess Kate, 43, will visit the National Memorial Arboretum in Lichfield, Staffordshire on ...

The author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie often spoke of a woman whose life mirrored her own but ended tragically.