Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese is revealing its ...

The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world's largest international prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated into English. There are no Canadians on this year's shortlist.

New information about William Shakespeare's marriage may have been uncovered following analysis of a letter addressed to his wife.

The Nobel Prize website highlights that Ms. Kang has a “unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

William Shakespeare’s four folios published more than 300 years ago are to go on auction where they are expected to fetch between £3.5 million and £4.5 million. The books, which compile Shakespeare’s ...

I didn’t even know the book had been submitted!" writer, activist, and lawyer Banu Mushtaq laughed, recalling the moment she ...

One name that sticks out to new ears is Stock, a village south of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon. The University of Nottingham says Stock could mean 'Hereweard's outlying ...

The University of Sussex has shaped many a young mind since receiving its royal charter back in 1961. Here's seven famous alumni who studied there.

The earliest known cook book about cheese is revealing its fascinating and sometimes nauseating contents to the modern public ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

Here are some of the Old English names for places around Oxfordshire: The name “Oxford” comes from the Old English Oxenaforda, meaning “ford of the oxen”. This refers to a shallow crossing in the ...