The British post-punk band hones its hypnotic sound on an assured third album.

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant.

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By the time he died in October 2025, Marcel Weyland’s travels had taken him from Poland to the furthest reaches of the Earth, and back again. He had been honoured by the governments of Australia, ...

William Wordsworth, a key figure of the Romantic movement, believed nature profoundly shaped human character and imagination.

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Imagine receiving a love poem that reads: “Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, browsing among the lilies,” going on to say that they are a “mount” that the author wishes to “betake” ...

Perhaps the oldest surviving long poem in Old English, Beowulf is commonly seen as one of the most important works of Old English Literature. While the date of the poem’s composition is still debated, ...

It's not easy expressing your adoration for the woman in your life. Select some love poems for her and tell her how you really feel. Love languages may vary from one person to another, but it would be ...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "The Sea within Us III: And He Was Part of the Sea," detail (1998), stone lithograph (all photos Dean Rader/Hyperallergic) SAN FRANCISCO — Few figures are more beloved in San ...