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Tring in Hertfordshire was recently named as one of the UKs best places to live by Country Life magazine.

All sorts of animals have been kept as pets over the centuries. We know of sparrows in Catullus and John Skelton. There is a badger with a collar in a fresco by Signorelli – probably not much more biddable than the lobster Gerard de Nerval supposedly took for walks in Paris. The word ‘puss’ seems

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the author and historian Kathryn Hughes, whose new book Catland tells the story of how we learned to love pusskins. Content warning: contains Kipling, Edward Lear, some stinking carts of offal, and the troubled life and weird art of the extraordinary Louis Wain.

Perhaps the biggest star of Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight, back in the day, was Alfred Lord Tennyson who resided at Farringford House.

After a steady trickle of larger venues announcing their individual seasons, the floodgates have opened.

A new batch of shows to be staged at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed. Learn more about the full lineup here!

National Poetry Month is observed in April, honoring the beauty and significance of poetry for aspiring poets and literary fans. The Academy of American Poets founded this month-long celebration in 1996 to celebrate poetry’s enormous effect on our lives and society. National Poetry Month also honors poets with a lasting mark on literature. April provides...

Now when Dante gave a shout out to Edward Lear for helping him write his limerick, little did I know that he'd also force me to take on Eddie as the MSR special pundit. As you all well know, I...

Dante studying the form Now I have some good news and some bad news and being the obvious optimist I am, we'll get the bad out of the way first. Everything had started...

Be it rock, country, hip-hop, or even classical, we've got the picks for this spring's Greater Boston must-see concerts.