Lalon Fakir’s songs reflect universal spirituality, challenging societal norms of caste, religion, and gender. His mystical ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?

Many legends claim to explain the origins of Valentine’s Day, but as is the case with legends, they leave many questions ...

Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Raasay, an island close to Skye once home to the great Gaelic bard Sorley MacLean. Kenneth describes the history of this 'fiercely traditional island', with its ...

Edited by Helen Phelan, Marie McCarthy and Nicholas Carolan, ‘Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music’ is a collection of essays, reflections and poems inspired by the musical life of the Mícheál Ó ...

Over the course of nearly two centuries, the American jeweller has become synonymous with romance and engagements. Read more ...

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Or have they? Historians aren’t sure ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

A touring exhibition, produced by Hayward Touring, of 26 lithographs created by Joan Miró to illustrate the work of poet Robert Desnos.

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...