Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you are given a unicorn for Christmas. Around 1567, the Duchess of Amalfi, Costanza ...

As Jane Austen turns 250, writer Dr Paula Byrne is joined by prominent writers and thinkers who reveal their memorable encounters with Jane Austen. Today, Katherine Rundell. Show more As Jane Austen ...

The ‘religious atheist’ author held a reputation as CS Lewis’s opposite. But his two trilogies – which came to a close this year – were a celebration of humanity and imagination Twenty years ago, I ...

Finally a biography of John Donne that captures his eccentricities, his contradictions, his fabulous twists and turns, his trickiness, and—as one critic has put it—his thinking “awry and squint.” ...

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Katherine Long is a reporter on the Wall Street Journal's investigations team. She formerly reported for Business Insider, where she was a correspondent on the company's national desk. She also ...

With more than 50 million redeemed miles under her belt, Becky Pokora is a rewards travel expert. She's been writing about credit cards and reward travel since 2011 with articles on Forbes Advisor, ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Not long ago, a book party like this would have been unthinkable: a Washington celebration of one of the most ...

Animal shelters across the country are facing familiar challenges: increased intake of dogs and cats, stagnant adoptions, and ...