Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

There are decades when weeks happen and weeks when decades happen, goes an aphorism misattributed to Vladimir Lenin. The ...

The most dazzling oligarch in the world, 260 years ago, was probably Clive Of India, the spectacularly daring but grasping ...

After dealing with decades of loud tourists in Hawaiian shirts fumbling through their language, the French have finally ...

Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Mahershala Ali has signed with CAA. Ali gained widespread recognition for his ...

The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.

For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was ...

In a bold move that could have significant implications for America's language landscape, President Donald J. Trump is ...