Even though Valentine’s Day has passed and we are now edging towards Saint Patrick’s Day, the world could still do with as ...

The same fantasy powers darker stories like The Butterfly Effect and a long line of “what if” romances and time‑loop narratives. Popular music hums with the same grammar of hindsight: titles like “I ...

Cardinals speak about their songs as if they have a life force. For this band, though it can come off as evasive, creative ambiguity is a kind of protection for artist and listener alike.

Frank McNally sits in on a new production of Seán O’Casey’s play and revisits the ‘chaotic scenes’ that greeted it in 1926 ...

Soccer stadiums can be dominated by violence, tribalism, chauvinism, and near-religious fervor‚ animated by the memory of old hostilities and the power of ritual.

A prominent specialist in Semitic languages, Muraoka was proud to describe himself as the first Japanese student to complete a PhD at the Hebrew University The post Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer ...

I t was 1899 and a spoiled young man from Warwickshire, of ocean-going self-regard, was looking for a remote rural ­property - a very particular kind of property for, as an arrogant ...

Discover the darkest nursery rhymes and which hidden meanings are actually supported by history, from plague myths to Tudor ...

Theirs is a story that still resonates after more than 80 years. It is a shining example of bravery and self-sacrifice that ...

The BBC banned Bob Dylan's debut song Baby, Let Me Follow You Down over a single word, setting the stage for the singer's ...

Bad Bunny is one of the biggest recording artists in the world. He got his start in the industry in 2013 and hasn't looked back. Bad Bunny mainly performs in Spanish but tends to make music you can ...

Puerto Rico has a rich musical history, shaped by artists from both the island and its diaspora. Still, few have reached the heights of its latest leading light, Bad Bunny. The 31-year-old artist is ...