Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author
The Dutch city of Deventer has been transformed into a 19th-century English city where 950 people in costumes brought characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life ...
How a poem transformed Christmas into the festive holiday it is today
The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...
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The novel was a dominant art form last century
T HE NOVEL is dead; the novel is dying; prestige television has killed it. These familiar complaints are oddly comforting, ...
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Ritually bent Bronze Age sword unearthed in Danish bog is 'very rare find'
The sword's design suggests it was not made in Denmark but rather in more southern parts of Europe that were dominated by the Hallstatt culture during the Bronze Age, the statement said. The Hallstatt ...