By Aditya Mukherjee Wouldn’t we all do better by accepting that no human being will ever understand another?” This sentence from Graham Greene’s A Burnt-Out Case confronts one of the most enduring ...

A poetry festival has been hailed as "beautiful, diverse and thought-provoking" by organisers. The Winchester Poetry Festival 2025, held in the city and online from Tuesday, October 2 to Sunday, ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on November 4. Check what happened today in history here.

To commemorate Jay Parini’s retirement from his position as professor emeritus of English and Creative Writing, some of the ...

In 1896, with the revival of the Olympic Games, James Brendan Connolly, the son of immigrants from the Aran islands, became ...

Dame Patricia Routledge - the full text of the tribute given at her Funeral in Chichester Cathedral on 5 November 2025 by the ...

Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott ...

Anishinaabe author Kyle Edwards has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction for his novel Small Ceremonies ...

Ocean Vuong is the award-winning author of the novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and the poetry collections Time Is a ...

The following is the edited address of Cardinal Francis Leo at the 46th Annual Cardinal’s Dinner Nov. 5. Good evening and thank you very much. Dear friends, it is wonderful to be with you as we gather ...

The president's poet woke up a superstar on Thursday, after a powerful reading at the U.S. inauguration catapulted ...