I When the gloom of wintertide was deepest, when snow and ice fettered the earth, and a frost-wind came shoreward from the ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

J. R. R. Tolkien was a poet at heart. Charmed by the sound of language, he was influenced by everything from the poem The ...

House”, reveals that a clewner is a high-ranking villain, and the dance is a hanging. Bouse makes an appearance—another of ...

There is a great deal of cynicism about Ulster Scots among unionists. Many consider it a desperately contrived counterweight ...

Africa should stop moaning! Making excuses for one’s shortcomings is always a sure sign of failure. Tendai Ruben Mbofana I ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

"Thomas Midgley Jr. is practically a supervillain based on the sheer amount of human suffering he caused with his ...

Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.

The online anti-immigration movement has discovered a buried form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism By George Monaghan Hereward the Wake, it is said, was the last of the English. By 1071 his small army on ...

The statue of King Alfred the Great, erected in 1899 at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, England. (Photo: Getty/iStock) 26 October is the day when many churches remember the Christian ...