Whether via her fill-in-the-blank translations or guest appearances on indie rock albums, Anne Carson has infused antiquity with a contemporary tongue ...

From a book about a musician and an exhibition that demands your attention to classic art and two stories of corruption and lies.

A historian traces how Oil City brokers, then John D. Rockefeller, then futures exchanges decided what the world pays for crude – and why no one entity does today.

Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Aston University Tobias Hofelich, Research Associate in the School of Law and Social Sciences, Aston University The UK and Germany’s relationship ...

Engineers are using a unique test facility called the Wall of Wind to develop housing that’s both affordable and disaster-resistant. Their tests show the magnitude of the challenge.

Evaluating national leaders is a difficult task. Citizens often judge presidents and prime ministers by simple measures like economic growth during their term, or personal character. However, these ...

The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius).

Jane Eyre may describe herself as “plain, and little”, but how do you make a little musical about a literary heroine who looms so large? That question lies at the heart of Jane Eyre: a Musical, ...

Just as Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey sent sales of Homer’s original text surging, cinematic epics have a way of reigniting our appetite for the history behind the drama.

The two dance sequences – a hop and a ball – capture the spirits of Dashwoods more than they evoke the atmosphere of the period.

Holborn and St Pancras is a very unusual constituency. While often referred to as being in “north London”, a significant chunk of it covers the west end, including parts of Covent Garden, Fitzrovia ...

An autism or ADHD diagnosis can transform how people understand themselves. But better mental health support is needed both before and after diagnosis.