But this vision of genius is a poor fit for many great artists, and it tends to obscure what makes them and their work special. Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing ...

She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.

Prunella Scales, the British actress best known for her role as Sybil Fawlty, the unflappable foil to John Cleese as her ...

A new biography deconstructs some of the most persistent myths around Gertrude Stein’s legacy.

Kennedy', as the series will be known, promises to uncover the 'intimate truths' at the heart of the America's first family.

It is hard to know how Thomas More might have reacted to the idea that he is now the patron saint of politicians.

As Guillermo del Toro's new film starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi is released, why is the message of Mary Shelley's 1818 ...

New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over ...

It’s up to officials in the three branches of government to keep the president in line.

The J.K. Rowling saga introduced a generation to the pleasures of reading. And this sense of higher forms of entertainment as ...