As straightforward as the lyrics to the Gilligan's Island theme song are, there's a surprising amount of history behind them and their evolution.

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The station’s live music festival will take over some of Greater Manchester’s much-loved venues in March to bring listeners a ...

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.

Mary Shelley, often overlooked in sci-fi history, was the first-ever science fiction writer. Inspired by cutting-edge debates ...

The Irish novelist on taking instruction from Vincent Browne, finding his way in fiction as a young man and coming to ...

An epic review of a memoir so good that it really, absolutely ought to appear on tomorrow's Ockham awards longlist for best nonfiction ...

Anthony Hopkins was well into his fifties when he became a Hollywood leading man, especially when he won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. But ...

From the most anticipated literary debuts to the return of heavyweights like Stephen King and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, there's plenty to add to your TBR pile this year.

As Miss Austen, a new series focused on Cassandra Austen, debuts on the BBC, we delve into the history of the other Austen ...