“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...

This Valentine's Day, millions of Americans will convey their feelings about someone special in their life through the gift of flowers. In doing so, they will be following the advice of a major floral ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

For “Your Island,” “Your Forest” and “Your Farm,” the author and illustrator radically simplified what was on the page.

From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to ...

By A.O. Scott These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle ...

Statistically, the most common symbol in mathematics is the equal sign, which appears in 94% of mathematical expressions. Almost 60% of statements deploy parentheses. Numbers take up only 13% of ...

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing. By Elisabeth Egan In Charlotte ...

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s second novel is about three characters with things to hide in turn-of-the-20th-century New York Two new books -- “I Dream of Joni” by Henry Alford and “Song So Wild ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle The Daily Mail Books department ...