While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed ...

An exaggeration of Norway’s wealth has been posted online to make a misleading comparison with the United Kingdom’s national debt. “In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no ...

By Catherine Hong The Coming of the ‘Messiah’: How Handel’s Masterpiece Was Born John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political ...

“Us Fools,” by Nora Lange, is a tale of two sisters living through the diseased expanse of the country’s recent history. By Eleanor Henderson Suggested reading from critics and editors at ...

Kamala Harris secured more than 200 electoral college votes after blue states Hawaii, Virginia and New Mexico were called for ...

She resigned. Muslims Don’t Matter is Warsi’s third book. From the outset, she says she is done with apologising, explaining, justifying and defending the actions of any one of the two billion ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want Canada’s consul general in New York to testify at a House of Commons committee again about the purchase of a new official residence in Manhattan. Members of the ...

In the charts below, we see that eastern Germany’s population is not only older on average than that of the west, but it has fallen significantly since reunification — from 16mn in 1990 to 12.6mn in ...

A court in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Province has sentenced 51-year-old Alisher Xoliqov to five years in prison for mercenary activities with the Russian armed forces in a landmark case highlighting the ...

The average flight time between United Kingdom and Oslo (Norway's capital), is 2 hours and 6 minutes. This has been calculated based on journeys departing from London. Norwegian, Scandinavian Airlines ...

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. National Trust ...

Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel. Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is about ...