The 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a day to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape and other forms of violence. It also ...

There's a small show at Christ Church fixed to coincide with the Oxford Literary Festival. Curator of the Picture Gallery Jacqueline Thalmann sought among the 2,000 drawings in Christ Church's ...

MR. HOWELLS practices the profession of the critic somewhat half-heartedly, with little seeming care whether he is original, convincing, or even thorough. Does he suspect that his own critical work is ...

Imagine a world where we knew the name of Homer, but the poetry of The Odyssey was lost to us. That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Many ...

Maria Clotilde Camboni receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 840772 Imagine a world where we ...

Imagine a world where we knew the name of Homer, but the poetry of The Odyssey was lost to us. That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Many ...

An Italian astronaut’s Twitter post of an ancient Chinese poem about space suggested to her by a sinologist friend has gone viral on mainland social media. Samantha Cristoforetti, 45, posted an ...

Suzanne Cleary loves the sound of Italian. When she picked up a copy of “Italian Made Simple,” she was determined to teach herself the language before a trip to Italy. Instead Cleary came away ...

Sonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman. AndreasPraefcke/Wikimedia Commons As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never ...