Robert Thompson, interim director of production at BBC Local, said Monk was the "voice of Essex" and had a "remarkable impact ...

The nuances of modern perfumery now allow a single drop to evoke an entire landscape. Amie Elizabeth White explores the ...

The Booker Prize-winner on surviving a knife attack, returning to fiction and the challenge of defending freedom of expression.

Dickens wrote 15 novels, including the beloved classics Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Great ...

Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving time in the US.

The latest B7 Media audio drama for BBC Radio 4, The Truth About Phyllis Twigg, is something of a Christmas treat and a bit ...

Explore how the faith has flourished in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries in this religiously diverse region.

Ahead of the 13th World Anglo-Indian Reunion, to be held in January 2026, Chennai’s Anglo-Indian community is working on ...

Sven Beckert’s epic history of trade identifies the ceaseless generation of wealth as the driving force behind capitalism’s ...

Seeing Things” traces tools that manipulate reality (like Sora or Photoshop) back to technologies popularized in the 1800s.

In the December diary, I am highlighting books and exhibitions exploring themes of national art – both British and Sudanese.

F or me, the standout book of 2025 is John Blair’s Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World ...