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

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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 ...

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The first neighborhood I discovered after I moved to the Eastern Shore was Travelers Rest. My sister’s in-laws’ property ...

Van Young was an internationally celebrated scholar of colonial and 19th-century Latin American history, with an emphasis on ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

Authors want stronger guardrails after a tech giant allegedly trained its AI on pirated books. Photo: AAP Australian authors are calling on governments to throw the book at tech giants who ignore ...

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