Here’s a post-festive quiz. What unites all of these things – the printing press; linear perspective; the scientific method; ...

The Christmas comedy Man vs. Baby has outperformed Stranger Things in its first week, proving the enduring appeal of the ...

Last spring, Broadway prognosticators would have been well within the boundaries of common sense to posit that the big ...

America’s debts — Revolutionary and Republican — to Rome resonate 250 years after Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. Mr. Iaconis is an author and educator who embraces Giuseppe Verdi’s dictum: ...

Know Before You Go: This show embodies the outrageous hilarity of Monty Python, Mrs. Doubtfire, and The Carol Burnett Show.

A host of famous figures, including several with Irish links, have quietly turned down, returned or publicly rejected New ...

It was obvious BBC One was going to struggle to top last year when it had both a Gavin and Stacey and an Outnumbered reunion.

In a year of reflection and remembrance, the world lost luminaries whose talents and stories enriched our lives, leaving ...

While many see being recognised as an honour there are many high-profile people who have rejected honours from the Queen or ...

Religious dramas are not really my cup of tea, to use a British expression. I’m a big fan of Ingmar Bergman, but I’m not really fond of The Seventh Seal or The Virgin Spring. I ...

The beloved children's writer, known for magical stories including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'James and the ...