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The man who acted as alchemist to James IV of Scotland – John Damian – had a secret laboratory in Stirling Castle. It was there that he built himself a pair of wings and attempted to fly from the ...

Only one who knows English in its Elizabethan fullness, who can ride with gusto the Elizabethan winds of rhetoric, lyric, and ...

Eva Sharkey’s Orlando is a colourful, flamboyant, and whimsical celebration of queerness, says Elsie Hayward 4 stars ...

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But before its days of piracy, the ship played a role in the transatlantic slave ...

This story originally published in the September 1999 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. In the medical room far behind the chutes, cowboys were ...

Celebrities are mourning the loss of Diane Keaton, who died at age 79. People broke the news of her death on Saturday, October 11, confirming that The Godfather star died in California. Further ...

America's population of seniors is expected to surge by 40% over the next 25 years — a shift that could spark a crisis of aging, as most people remain unprepared for longer lives, according to new ...

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will allow verified adult users to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT starting in December. The change represents a shift in how OpenAI ...