Scots were keen to share their best pieces of Scottish wisdom. One Facebook user wrote: "Be happy while you’re ...

If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently ...

People at Hamilton's Public Library say they are delighted that a reader has returned a book that was long overdue.

Growing up, I learned moral lessons through short stories, tales in illustrated children’s books and my parents’ guidance.

These ancient words of wisdom aren't just dusty phrases collecting in old books. They've survived thousands of years for a compelling reason: they actually work on our brains in ways that modern ...

Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi (1924 –1992) was shocked when he got to Mecca for the first time in 1955 and discovered that the city had no streetlights. Sheikh Gumi was an Islamic scholar and Grand ...

Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...

New York Jets legend Nick Mangold was remembered at a funeral service packed with teammates, coaches and family members ...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate; it goes on to become. —W.H. Auden (1907–1973), English poet Musical sounds exist in time and the time is always now. It ...

Thirty years ago, the PlayStation console kicked off a new gaming era with its launch in the US and Europe. To celebrate this milestone, Sony has announced that it'll be exploring the history of the ...

Earlier this month, Professor of History and Africana Studies Keisha Blain published her new book, “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.” In the book, Blain explores how Black ...