We need to know the lifelong love affair that Oscar Wilde had with Christ and his Church, a love affair that was finally consummated on Wilde’s deathbed. The first thing we need to know about ...

Above and below are The Eight Stations of Oscar Wilde to Reading Gaol, echoing the Catholic Church’s Stations of the Cross. They invoke the English prison where Wilde was incarcerated after ...

Known for his "Oscar Wilde quotes," Oscar Wilde's poems deal with ... He might have been a member of the Church of Ireland, but this poem hails his first love, Florence, in a manner that draws ...

First it was Harry Potter, and now the Vatican is attempting a reconciliation with Oscar Wilde. The late Irish playwright and famous wit was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church shortly before ...

“Oscar Wilde Temple” opened in the Church of the Village this month, depicting the “gross indecency” trial of the Irish writer as stations of the cross. The style, writings ...

Down a nondescript staircase in the bowels of a church on West 13th Street, through a door decorated with a vintage lace panel, lies the “Oscar Wilde Temple”, a strange place of contemplation ...

What's your favorite Oscar Wilde quote? Famed Irish writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) had a way with words that few Irishmen have matched. Today, on the 120th anniversary ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...