Did you know that Thomas the Tank Engine is 80 years old? Yes, rail-y! The famous engine was originally created by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, whose Thomas & Friends books then became a TV series. So to ...

The Reverand Wilbert Awdry created Thomas the Tank Engine (PA) Historic England is to unveil a national blue plaque at the former home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator Reverend Wilbert Awdry. The ...

Historic England is to unveil a national blue plaque at the former home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator Reverend Wilbert Awdry. Rev Awdry was born in June 1911 in the small village of Ampfield, in ...

When it was first published in 1975, “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” was immediately recognized as something new. In six taut, probing, far-ranging essays about certain ...

Climate alarmism is reaching new levels of urgency. Activists and political leaders say that governments have fewer than 10 years to save the planet, which they claim will become unlivable within our ...

Fred Woolhiser, 29, of Beacon, was arrested in Poughkeepsie after being accused of auto theft. According to police, he ...

“I look for the subjective pulse of the author,” says the novelist, hailing Hamsun while sensing “cynicism” in Nabokov. “A Wooded Shore” is his 18th book. Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by In an ...

The celebrated author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun. Credit...Author photo by ...

The Open Book Touch also runs open source firmware. The default firmware features a UI framework called Focus, which is based ...

The Enquirer’s new books on the Big Red Machine and Pete Rose will be part of the Books by the Banks festival.

If you're more of a movie person than a literature person, you might only be familiar with Thomas Pynchon thanks to Inherent Vice, which is, to date, the only novel of his that’s been adapted into ...

In his new book, the tech journalist and CEO of The Atlantic explores his passion for running, the simplicity of the sport, and how it has changed his sense of self.