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Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

By the 14th century, it was well known that all roads led to Rome – or, as Chaucer put it, that “diverse pathes leden diverse folk the righte way to Rome”. But it would now seem that Chaucer and his readers were labouring under a misapprehension. As Oxford professor Josephine Quinn points out in her expansive new book, How the World Made the West, the roads leading to Rome in ancient times were, in literal terms, relatively few, for the city sat apart from the main trade rou...

With ‘cultural ranking’ back in vogue, Josephine Quinn’s How the World Made the West has plenty of myths about the ancient world to dispel

From thrillers to family sagas, here are all the new releases to get lost in this month

A Western Carolina University professor has been named to the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.Ron Rash,the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian

An exhibition shares works by the late artist Sam Gilliam before his death in 2022.

Work by Carolyn Castaño and a show inspired by cabinets of curiosities offer subversive delights. Plus, art at the Huntington and the Cheech, in our arts newsletter

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