Today in History for Jan. 25: In AD 749, Emperor Leo IV of Byzantium was born. He led the Eastern Christian Church away from ...

Kostis Palamas was not only one of the top Greek poets of modern literature, but was also one of the most inspiring figures ...

There’s much to read in the the coming months of this year from authors including George Saunders, Tayari Jones, Helen Garner, Ibram X. Kendi, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Michael ...

In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on ...

From the Boston Symphony Orchestra's all John Williams program to the conductorless A Far Cry's "Appalachian Spring" concert, ...

Deadheads worship the classic rock band — not in the crude sense of idolatry, but in the way religions actually function: ...

With the New Cold War heating up, and American citizens under siege at home, it’s no small wonder that a Russian named Berlin can still claim to have ...

One of the many features of English that makes it weird compared to other European languages, and even to its West Germanic ...