While affection for the British seaside has surged and fallen over the 20th century, it has been an enduring source of ...

As the design movement from France hits the century mark, India is doubling down on efforts to preserve its heritage and take ...

In Michael Grynbaum's latest book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a ...

Exhibit in the US city of Baltimore shows how mercury, arsenic, lead and orpiment were used to illustrate and bind books ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill?

Outrageous (now streaming on BritBox, with new episodes dropping on Tuesdays) is the story of the Mitford sisters, six aristocratic Englishwomen whose lives overlapped with a who’s-who of 20th-century ...

Research into James Baldwin's archives reveals incisive details about the writer's personal relationships, both platonic and ...

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.

A new book charts how the discipline transcended humble origins and turned into something more ambitious, and more conflicted ...

The paintings, prints and other visual media of Guangdong show its transformative contribution to 20th century Chinese art.

This superb book, in words and pictures, shows how railways have often been leaders in architecture. It includes examples of railway stations from around the world, underground systems adorned with ...