There are many basic but essential facts to be learned about Samuel Johnson. For example, he was born in 1709 and died in 1784. His life spanned the reign of four British Monarchs: Queen Anne ...

Like an ageing rock band contracted for one last farewell tour, in Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s back playing the hits.

Matson earned his PhD in economics from George Mason University and his research focuses on eighteenth-​century British moral ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Actor Samuel L Jackson is set to star in Paramount Pictures ... a post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by J.

This article was first published on 7 February 2025. In January, I crossed the milestone of 24 years of service in two ...

Scribbled in faded ink on yellowed paper, they included letters, poetry and other compositions apparently written and signed ... James Boswell, Samuel Johnson’s esteemed biographer, was one ...

Festival acquired letter playwright wrote to friend in 1958 to apologise for feeling compelled to cancel planned run of Act ...

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is celebrating an impressive milestone, as it turns 150 years old this summer. CAES is the first and oldest Agricultural Experiment Station in the ...

The president is said to be pleased as punch about both his ex-daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump’s relationship with golf legend ...

Written by James Ijames and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Fat Ham” transports Hamlet to a backyard barbecue in North Carolina where a Black family celebrates a recent wedding.