IN EARLY AMERICA, the care of the poor was considered a moral obligation. It was not unusual for private charity to be ...

Nibs like needles, paper-thin as a fly’s wings, powder that can be mixed with spit to make ink – implements to fashion miniature texts like this one. I will set down what I can of the words ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, ...

It’s no secret that fashion wasn’t always a woman’s friend; historical fashion trends often imposed restrictive and ...

Shakespeare is England’s most celebrated dramatist and ... an apprentice butcher or a lawyer’s clerk. A century later his first biographer suggested he fled to London to escape punishment ...

A sixteenth century portrait which may depict the famous 'nine days ... According to the library's website: Social climbing was a competitive sport in Tudor England, requiring a complex range of ...

Russia’s recent efforts to destabilise the Baltic states have increased enthusiasm for the EU in these places. With Euroscepticism growing in countries like France and Germany, @owenmatth wonders ...

Winter fashion lacks cohesion here, with summer windbreakers worn in snowstorms, or stylish coats that offer little warmth.

Welcume, loveli folke! Heere is thyn wey to dresse as a ladye reverant and faire.

CENTURY, Fla. -- More than $10,000 is unaccounted for in the town of Century. Escambia County investigators are now working to find out if it was lost or if someone stole it. People pay their ...

The accident took place on Wednesday night when they were headed to attend the wedding of a friend’s sister at Mangali village. Four students of a polytechnic college in Hisar were killed when ...