Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was ...

Justin McDaniel has developed a cult following for getting his students to read — as long as they follow his rules.

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The comic mind behind Taskmaster reflects on his time at Cambridge, camping with Greg Davies and why he fears he might be a ...

Lightly One Sheet 27. Philip Perkis Retrospective Photo Exhibition A new year again. It feels like pressing the reset, Reset, ...

Swap art history lectures for figure skating competitions. We are ringing in the Olympic year with a look back at 18 ...

Late in the movie "Shadowlands," the C.S. Lewis character describes the role that books can play in real life.

Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, was a beloved American writer known for his witty humor and keen observations of society. He became an iconic figure in American history, particularly for his lecture ...

Rutger Bregman's 2025 Reith Lectures, called "Moral Revolution", explore the moral decay and un-seriousness of today's elites, drawing historical parallels to past eras of corruption that preceded ...

Paul Winter is acclaimed as a pioneer of new age music, World music and crossovers between jazz, classical and other sounds. The ensemble he founded nearly 60 years ago, Paul Winter Consort, is ...

In the seventeenth chapter of John Dickson Carr’s mystery novel “The Three Coffins” (1935), the story pauses so that Dr. Gideon Fell, a brilliant sleuth, can deliver the “Locked-Room Lecture,” an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On a nippy Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man wearing a Jason Voorhees T-shirt steps onto a ...