Centerville Beach, just a short drive away, presents a wild stretch of Pacific coastline where you can walk for miles with only shorebirds and the occasional fellow human for company. The powerful ...

Best known for her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale," the Canadian author's memoir cements her legacy with kindness and humor.

George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch*. This work, spanning two volumes and 1,416 pages in its paperback translation, is a true ...

Why mess with perfection? Frankenstein’s monster in Guillermo del Toro’s film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic is of course not a monster, but a misunderstood victim of the prejudices of his ...

On Oct. 25, Steampunk Alabama held its annual Steamers and Dreamers festival on the square in downtown Scottsboro. The free ...

Plants grown in cemeteries were selected not only based on whether they could grow in the climate, but also for the symbolism of their shapes and historical associations of their species. Plants ...

With roots in the 18th century, this haunted genre’s hallmarks can be found throughout modern horror. Here’s where to start.

Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of the 19th century. It led to the construction of ensembles of public ...

Sources as old as Pliny the Younger, the ancient Roman lawyer and writer, tell stories of houses that are haunted.

Students in Victorian primary schools will have screen time limited in class and parents will not have to pay for laptops under major changes to the state's education guidelines. The reforms aim to ...

Victoria’s Opposition has vowed to scrap the state’s landmark Treaty legislation within 100 days if it wins government in 2026 - pledging instead to create a new First Nations department. First ...

The latest Resolve Political Monitor, published on Tuesday, shows the Coalition's primary support unchanged at just 33 per cent, far below the 42 per cent it achieved in December 2024 when Brad Battin ...