With apologies to all the exciting events left out, here are 10 theatre shows to watch out for in the year ahead. Ray ...

Testament, beatboxer, rapper and writer - presents a festive Adverb (complete with a yuletide salad battle), with his guests the former Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, poetic legend John Hegley, Mercury ...

The Atlantic magazine introduced many now-classic works by writers including Longfellow, Whitman and Frost.

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure ...

I knew of John Green from his excellent teen novels "The Fault in Our Stars," "Looking for Alaska" and "Turtles All the Way Down." When I heard he had written "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History ...

Christmas is now a festival of family and overeating, yet it keeps its pockets of quiet reflection, even for those for whom ...

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure throughout my lifetime – ...

It’s human nature to reflect fondly over what once was. But sometimes, as with workplace safety, the golden era is still to ...

Life, in Jaspreet’s world, is not romanticised. It is concrete-hard, ruthless, emotionally exacting — a puzzle that rarely ...

For a couple thousand years, wine has been held up as a beverage of history and culture and as a mark of a civilized society. It has ...

We have come to the point in civilisation where emotion seems to be something you hide or you have to be discreet about, or to be ashamed of.' ...

Stephen Greenblatt, who participated in the 2025 Charleston Literary Festival, discusses his work, including his latest book ...