Julian Fellowes, the creator behind HBO’s The Gilded Age, has taken plenty of cues from real history for the characters of ...

Like with Mrs. Astor, Julian Fellowes doesn’t bother renaming Nathan Lane’s character in the Gilded Age: Ward McAllister was, indeed, a real person and social arbiter during the 1890s.

Katherine Le Veque’s Wallace Neff-designed house in Glendora has an authentic speakeasy.

HBO's The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people ...

The William Byrd Community House, an influential force for early childhood education and helping low-income families, is in the process of shutting down, according to the organization’s former ...

In a new documentary, the actress talks about the prejudice and loneliness she faced after becoming the rare Hollywood star who is deaf. By Alissa Wilkinson Beyond the somewhat silly premise of ...

One of Ireland’s most historic country estates, once inhabited by the 2nd Duke of Westminster, an American socialite and Fred Astaire’s sister, is back on the market at what some may consider a ...

We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Fariza Fazyl, age 17. By The Learning Network Alexander M., 16, writes about his ...