AN UPCOMING talk in Malmesbury will explore the alleged rivalry and animosity between two of the most famous artists of the early 19th century.

The American short story has always had a challenge finding a broad audience. But in the pages of one magazine, short fiction ...

It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

America, América is the by turns woeful, despairing and ironic tale of the USA’s sustained attempts to turn its southern ...

The first documented circular-saw patent in an English-speaking country was granted in 1777, two years before Babbitt's birth ...