TikTok sensation Katie Kennedy – aka The History Gossip – is bringing history to life in her new Sky TV show History Crush ...

A poet, biblical scholar, theologian, and senior Vatican official, Cardinal Tolentino de Mendonça stands out as one of the most original figures entering the conclave. A native of Madeira who ...

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So many books have inspired British costume dramas and this quiz gives you a chance to show how many you recognize.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum, a number of the author’s descendants will give ...

A £19million mansion which was once home to Charles Dickens is at the centre of a bitter court battle between a multimillionaire divorcee and her bank. Deborah Fiorentino, 63, the former wife of ...

Having completed an epic series of train journeys, one railway writer reveals his pick of the best stops along the way ...

Broadway superstar Charles Strouse - who composed music for Annie and Applause - has died at 96. The composer's career spanned more than five decades and he became a leading player in classic ...

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There is something about English authors that makes them special — their creations are timeless. The renowned Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the biggest examples in a galaxy of luminaries from ...

"I'm a poet." "You're unemployed." LuxBox has revealed a festival promo trailer for the indie film titled Un Poeta, or A Poet in English, a Colombian film from filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto as his ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman Catholic Church might take. By The New York Times A new Roman Catholic ...