One of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has died at 87. A publicist for his U.S. publisher confirmed the death Wednesday. The Kenyan man of letters wrote ...

Charles Dickens was a terrific walker. Many nights he roved the streets of London with such insomniac vigor that he might still be striding along as dawn broke in the great skies overhead.

In 1835, when visiting Essex and Suffolk to cover local elections as a journalist, Charles Dickens visited Chelmsford ... that have details of the peasant’s revolt in Essex, as it covered ...

Country Music Hall of Famer Jimmy Dickens, the Grand Ole Opry's most beloved and diminutive ambassador, died Friday at a Nashville area hospital. He was 94. Mr. Dickens starred for decades on the ...

In my new book, The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe, I explore how peasant movements in eastern Europe during the first half of the 20th century often ...

ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens officially launched his re-election campaign Tuesday, outlining his vision for Atlanta’s future while celebrating his first-term accomplishments. From his ...

By March 1525, the peasant armies had grown to encompass tens of thousands ... As Roper notes, “this was slaughter on a vast scale.” English historian A. G. Dickens famously described the Reformation ...

Mayor Andre Dickens says the former IG's staff are spreading lies about him. The mayor says he is not corrupt, and the former inspector general knows it. Dickens says IG Shannon Manigault ...

By March 1525, the peasant armies had grown to encompass tens ... English historian A. G. Dickens famously described the Reformation as an “urban event”, meaning that the movement’s ...

MANCHESTER, England – James “Jazza” Dickens made a statement to his junior-lightweight rivals by defeating the former title challenger Zelfa Barrett via unanimous decision at Manchester’s ...

A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum. Behold! Dickens with a moustache! What do we reckon? "A hideous disfigurement," was the verdict of the author's friend and ...

The Charles Dickens Museum is celebrating its anniversary by displaying rare books, artworks, letters, artifacts and other unique historical objects connected to the 19th-century author.