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We expect a book to grab us from the start ... I remember reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. I almost put it down, but I persevered. The reward was that, when I reached the end, I felt like ...

The Dandie Dinmont has the distinction of being the only dog on this list that is named after a fictional character — it comes from a terrier-owning farmer in Sir Walter Scott's 1814 book ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, author Damian Barr goes in search of the legacy and lasting influence of one of Scotland's great historical figures, novelists and poets ...

The Carmelite nuns have left their home at a Christoval monastery after 35 years. "For decades, the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace ...

At the Monastery Trail, a sprawling property filled with winding roads and fields, you can almost picture the monks walking the trails contemplatively. What was once a swath of rocky land has ...

It started with real life. The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his stays at a California monastery. The latest from a Nobel laureate, a “Hunger Games ...

Pico Iyer’s latest book is Aflame: Learning from Silence. To get to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, just past Georgia O’Keefe’s Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico, you have to bump ...

They are religions which often clash today, but Islamic designs were hijacked by the Christian church in medieval times. A study has shed light on the little-known practice of Christians ...

“It was so fun and I loved working with Ben,” Scott said of Walter Mitty. “So when [Severance] came up years later, I jumped at the chance to work with him again.” In the hit dystopian ...