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

The word “bucolic” has two definitions relating to the countryside. The first, and more commonly used one, is an adjective ...

My grandmother left Jerusalem in 1948 with a key that never found its lock again. She believed she would return before the tea cooled in its cup. The ...

Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer ...

Both Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft left their marks on Providence, and their footsteps can be followed there to this day ...

Jacob Folger spent 13 years of his life homeless, starting when he left home at 14 to escape a violent father. He joined the ...

Escape to the Country took a poignant turn as a couple shared their heart-wrenching reason for wanting to move. During Monday's episode of the popular BBC show, presenter Sonali Shah was tasked with ...

A poem once described as a "torrent of four-letter filth" has been performed in the graveyard that inspired it, following the death of its author. Tony Harrison's poem V was read at Holbeck Cemetery ...

Scroll down to watch the full episode of Harry Cole Saves the West THE British Museum has been slammed for releasing a “self-loathing” poem about racism in the UK. To mark National Poetry Day, actor ...

Hundreds of hikers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest have been guided to safety, Chinese state media said on Sunday. Rescue efforts were under way to clear access to camps ...

After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word “best” and ...