The first patient we got off the ventilator, it was incredibly emotional because we knew we could get somebody through.' ...

Hong Kong today has more skyscrapers than any other city on earth — astonishing, really, when you consider how little flat land there is to put them all on. For most of its existence, Hong Kong was a ...

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In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

Not just a great writer, Poe had a circle of friends and family that cared for and about him, says the author of a new ...

CHILDREN at schools in and around Henley marked World Book Day on Thursday last week by dressing up as their favourite ...

Ruth Stout didn’t plow, dig, water, or weed—and now her “no-work” method is everywhere. But behind her secret to the perfect ...

It’s generally considered poor form to ask for a gift back, but that hasn’t stopped French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, who ...

At his meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin last week, the US president Donald Trump mentioned comedian Rosie O’Donnell, his ...

Two stunning new volumes of the collected poems of William Soutar have been published by Perth-based Tippermuir Books ...

SPORT has you covered for all the latest Premier League news in a jam-packed weekend of football. Attention turns to Sunday’s ...