The title of this thick orange book— Inventing the Renaissance —intrigued me, and also the subtitle: The Myth of a Golden Age . I checked it...

When the days get dark, we head inside for entertainment, though when I look back at the events we’ve attended recently, most of them took p...

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I suppose those maps you see in the newspapers and online showing areas of “peak leaf color” serve a purpose. But anyone who spends a lot of...

The last days of lyricist Lorenz Hart weren’t pretty ones. He’d penned the lyrics for numerous Broadway hits including “Blue Moon,” Ship Wit...

The cover of the book shows us a megalith sticking up into the sky with snow-covered peaks dimly visible far below. It looks almost fake; so...