and Eliza Cook’s 1840 poem “The Christmas Holly” is an ode to the merriment that the plant can bring. The English poet came from a modest working-class family and was a huge advocate for ...

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America’s leading Catholic poet offers a stunning new verse translation of a play once read by Dante and forgotten by most — ...

A former Inverness headteacher renowned for ‘roaring’ poetry from the table tops and singing from the front has died aged 69.

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Hundreds of mourners bid their final farewell to Tipperary teenager Bronagh English at her funeral mass near Clonmel on ...

War has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War.

Puritans in the English Parliament eliminated Christmas as a national holiday ... Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" — aka "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" — was ...

At the T-shirt table, Merrill greets me warmly, and we compare the T-shirt sizes, holding them up against one another. ‘Who ...

Millions of Vietnamese thrive in U.S., but we don’t forget those who perished fleeing our homeland or were left behind.