Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...

It is the season of love, but I find myself pondering about love beyond romance. My heart beats for the city that adopted me, ...

Moira Weigel began researching the history of dating in the early 2010s during a pivotal cultural moment in the U.S. The ...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.

For years, only the Shakespeares and Dickenses of the world have been the mainstays in our English classrooms, with no room for the Rokeyas — voices that resonate with our culture and identity. It’s t ...

My Political Biography” was screened at the Ruby’s Film Theater as part of Duke’s annual French Film Festival.

At the dawn of the 1700s, London was becoming Britain’s first 24-hour consumer society, where coffee houses were club-like spaces to discuss politics, literature, and culture.

A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters after her death. Keeley ...

One “Hellboy” story borrows text (recited by a ghoul) from 18th-century graveyard poetry intercut ... reminder that the history of imaginative literature is also the history of illustrated ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...