Jerry Garcia, the iconic frontman for the Grateful Dead, remains, nearly 30 years after his death, a revered figure, singular ...

"The penny is the first monetary item that most American children touch and they quickly identify with who Abraham Lincoln ...

Before planners and property developers turned Manhattan into a sterile playground for the wealthy, it was the site of ...

The relevance of the author was challenged (replaced by the critic), as was the text (replaced by theory). The novel as story ...

Two researchers are proposing a new reading of the Song of Wade, a once widely known epic from the 12th century, thanks to a ...

The consumer interest in well-crafted handwriting tools in Japan bespeaks a worldwide turn, or return, to old-fashioned pen ...

The flooding that ravaged Central Texas before sunrise on the Fourth of July was the country’s deadliest catastrophe for ...

Nearly three dozen students graduate from Cursive Academy after a three-week course.

WHEN I was at university my dad wrote me the occasional letter. They were quite short, and generally just accounts of a typical day at home; comings and goings through the front door, the morning dog ...

The line-up, including actors Benedict Cumberbatch and James Norton and writer Caitlin Moran, read a series of letters to festival-goers about a range of subjects, from pop music to parenting. Letters ...

A quick text is fine, but it’s not the same as making the effort to write even a few lines by hand. Sadly, in an age of quickfire digital communication, letter writing has become a lost skill.

We love old homes for their charm and craftsmanship — but rarely do we talk about what’s hidden inside them. Many houses built before the 1980s are filled with toxic ...