Letters exchanged between the two men reveal a forgotten respect that President Abraham Lincoln had for the controversial Karl Marx.
From the 6th century to the 16th, here are six traditions which capture the spirit of Christmas and New Year.
Until recently, scholarly attempts to establish the date of the first Christmas have thrown up endless complications. But new research by Italian academics has shed fresh light on this ancient question.
Why is it that so few politicians recall Charles James Fox’s significance or explain his extraordinary exploits?
The meeting of two great minds began with an intensive friendship but ended in quarrels.
Stendhal’s beguiling metaphor of crystallization lacks some essential nuances.
Strange details around Nietzche’s long-awaited end and awkward burial remain curiously forgotten.
Sacred to over a billion Buddhists, Hindus and Jains and Bonpos, the mystical Mount Kailash could easily be world’s holiest mountain.
Historians remain split over whether Beethoven and Mozart ever met but several key theories suggest the two titans of classical music did encounter one another.
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