Jane Austen

A red brick house next to a tree with Christmas lights

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! 245 years on, devotees celebrate with virtual tours of the writer’s home

December 16, 2020Arts, Culture & Media

This year, Jane Austen fans are drawing parallels between the novelist’s 18th-century life of limited freedoms and the pandemic of 2020.

apple pie

That ‘American’ apple pie actually goes back to Europe in the Middle Ages

November 27, 2014Food

New releases: ‘Safe,’ ‘Pirates: Band of Misfits’ highlight new offerings this weekend

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Radio Tags to Help Wood Ant Research

August 14, 2013Environment

The World

2009: The year in ideas

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media