The “My Grandmother Is My Hero” essay makes an admissions officer want to admit the applicant’s grandmother. Same goes for the essay about the soccer coach. And Hermione had her moment.

In a maximum-security facility in upstate New York, students tackled Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” and Tolstoy’s “War and ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

In the calendar of commemorative holidays, Filipinos celebrate two in the month of June. The first is June 12, Philippine ...

The Village Voice remembers the art and provocations of the underground comix genius, Vaughn Bode, on the 50th anniversary of his death.

Reza Pahlavi has a famous name but whether he has enough support inside the country to rise to power is unclear.

Starmer, Reeves and Davie find themselves in hot water. Paul Connew reviews how the media has covered the crises confronting ...

Sarah-Ann Shaw, the pioneering Boston journalist who died last year at age 90, believed deeply in the power of education to change lives and uplift communities. A devoted supporter of public libraries ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Twain returns to Calgary this week as both the Stampede Parade marshal on July 4 and headline act at the Saddledome the following night ...