By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

When the weather turns dreary, my mind tends to take a mental vacation . . . by planning a dream getaway. If you’re the same—or if you’re lucky enough to, you know, be planning an actual vacation—you ...

One famous shot in the first minutes of the film, showing reflections in a smashed snow globe, anticipates the film’s grand themes of ambition and legacy and the cracked mirror of memory. Welles ...

The picturesque town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire is a hidden gem brimming with history, charm, and royal intrigue. With ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two ... She was one of the most famous writers in Denmark, but only became well-known to Anglophone readers when the English translation of her ...

The Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum will host a special event on Friday, February 7, to celebrate the 213th anniversary of the famous author's birth.

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza ... The cost was over £12,000. Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist, was at the ceremony and detailed the service in his diary. This ...

“Charles was a trailblazer, a dreamer who refused to settle for the status quo,” his family shared in a statement Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

To learn the history of a new destination, travelers should look no further than its most famous buildings ... In the mid-1800s, Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin rebuilt the Houses of Parliament ...

Versatile poet's work ranged from nature to civil strife In 1994, he wrote arguably his most famous poem, Ceasefire. The poem depicts sectarian violence experienced by many in Northern Ireland ...

Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese ...

Finally — Season 3 of “Young, Famous & African” has arrived, and the majority of the cast has returned for more drama and elegance. While fans have one less episode than the season before ...