The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts. But his rise to fame and sudden death both came with some ...

as Frost, who had every reason to veil his sexual velleities for his friend’s wife when he wrote about them in public, would ...

Item 1 of 3 A person holds a picture of Pope Francis near the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital where ...

"Running out of time is not the end of life, forgetting is. Pick up the fragments of the glittering memories and link them ...

A Bristol-based debut author has been named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. Harriet Baker was honoured with the ...

US President Donald Trump will release classified documents related to John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination, rekindling ...

Historians rated the US presidents on leadership qualities. The survey did not include Joe Biden since he was still in office ...

Pope Francis has said he faces a "period of trial" as he thanked well-wishers on Sunday for their prayers. The Argentine ...

Pope Francis, despite battling double pneumonia, has approved a three-year reform process for the Catholic Church. This ...

Miles Franklin went undercover to investigate the ‘servant question’. The exploitation she saw continues today.

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) found fame in France in the 1920s as the American expat who danced in “a mere belt of bananas.” ...