Joan Smith describes how the powerful women of ancient Rome’s first imperial dynasty were smeared as adulterers, poisoners ...

I am continuously mesmerised by theatre-makers’ abilities to deliver fresh and novel adaptations of Shakespeare plays. This feminist, gender-swapping retelling of HAMLET is such an adaptation. It is ...

The story is true. The German sub officially was known as U-166. It was among a fleet of 23 sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the ...

THERE are more than a million items in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library, but one of the most unusual has to be the world’s earliest ...

“We know the names of many female artists and writers, but possess the works of few.” (p. 3) ...

Difference Engine A numerical table is a tool designed to save the time and labor of those engaged in computing work. The ...

Christopher Biggins has been on UK screens for over five decades and rose to fame as an actor with roles in Porridge, Poldark and I, Claudius. However, in addition to his acting capability ...

What most people know about Caligula comes from this iconic BBC series "I, Claudius," which was based on two historical novels by Robert Graves. In the show, Caligula turns his palace into a ...

"In 1927 Ma Rainey, “Mother of the Blues,” is recording new sides of old favorites in a rundown studio in Chicago. Fiery and ...

Laura Elvery’s novel, Nightingale, invites us to see the legendary nurse not as a symbol, but as a person shaped by illness, ...

Lori Gold's latest novel, " Romantic Friction ," explores a world in which her fictional main character is a successful ...