This gorgeous staging of Brian Friel’s play has a cast that pulls you fully into the struggles their characters are going ...

Now, nearly two centuries later, a second such book has emerged.

The Moyse's Hall Museum in the UK has recently found a book from the 1800s, that some book lovers want to ‘burn’! ‘Why’, you ...

As the presumed anniversary of the day of the Crucifixion, Good Friday had for ages been solemnly observed throughout ...

From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at ...

Chelsea in 50 Buildings by Lucy McMurdo is out now from Amberley Publishing. Buy direct from the publisher, or via Bookshop.org (which sources from independent bookshops and gives us a small ...

To take down priests, rulers or rich merchants using the sharpest words and imagery is as Indian and as ancient as daal-bhaat — the stand-up genre has simply come and joined this as a tributary ...

Originally opened in 2014, the 354-key hotel is designed to recall a 1920s transatlantic cruise liner, with gilt portholes in ...

A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, ...