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In the 18th and 19th centuries, Presbyterians from Ulster in Northern Ireland had a somewhat surprising reputation for being especially – if not excessively – concerned with sex. As the Ordnance ...

Conservatives often mock the physical appearances of liberals and progressives, and vice-versa. While the right stereotypes ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters Meilan ...

It’s the fact that it happened in Britain that is so disturbing. We can no longer tell ourselves that this is a safe country, ...

James Norton, Anthony Boyle and Louis Partridge star in the new drama from Steven Knight ('Peaky Blinders') about Ireland's most famous brewing dynasty. By Angie Han Television Critic What all of it ...

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.” ...

“Rising Islamic extremism is a worrying trend, be it in South Asia or in Europe,” he said. “While terrorism from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Yemen doesn’t only affect their own regions, it also ...

The Department of War on Tuesday announced Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided to terminate the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), a civilian advisory group that provides ...

From a 19th-century tale of catastrophe to a modern-day classic made into a film, these are books you’ll want to add to your TBR.

Dallin H. Oaks, 93, the next president of the global body, addressed the conference a week after an attack on a church in ...

The author deemed Blake's portrait of Georgina Quentin the spitting image of Jane Bennet. William Blake, Portrait of Mrs. Q [Harriet Quentin] (1820). Image Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum.