New research finds extended family members can have a lasting impact on children’s reading – and when they pass on beloved books, they also forge lasting bonds.
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The journal of a Pre-Raphaelite writer might help explain today’s turn to spiritualism.
PODCAST: An audio version of an in depth article on what newly discovered documents reveal about the burial of Charles Dickens, 150 years after his death.
Dinosaurs are malleable beasts: so much so that their constant reshaping has often been driven by cultural and political trends.
The focus on the ageing of women is by no means a modern phenomenon.
Our love affair with the chair has horrible consequences.
Most modern Christmas films angle for comedy with a touch of schmaltz, but literary Christmases frequently tap into the anxiety and sadness that can accompany the “happiest time of year”.
Victorian schools were alien territory for children, and after World War II many schools were crumbling and unsafe.
Do English texts stay the same over the decades because there are no good modern books? Or because the process of selecting new books is just too hard?
In much of the English-speaking world Christmas dinner involves the consumption of turkey – but that was not always the case. The origins of this ritual can be traced back to the generous act of one Ebenezer…
So J K Rowling is having second thoughts about pairing off Ron and Hermione in Harry Potter. She says that it would never work and she ought to have allowed Hermione to marry Harry, but didn’t as she followed…
The role of animals in the Olympics — both during the opening ceremony and throughout the wider competition — is rightly generating controversy. When it was first announced that non-human animals would…
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