Decoding a lost English legend, solving a Chaucerian mystery, and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. […]
The Song of Wade
Cambridge research reveals contents of historic French love letters after 265 years
Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fiancées, wives, parents and siblings – but never delivered – have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written […]
Authors’ ‘Invisible’ Words Reveal Blueprint for Storytelling
The “invisible” words that shaped Dickens classics also lead audiences through Spielberg dramas. And according to new research, these small words can be found in a similar pattern across most storylines, no […]
Stanford Researchers Map Fear And Happiness In Historic London
A digital humanities team sifts through two centuries of British novels and geography to see how London’s readers felt about different parts of their city. Maps help us locate landmarks and can […]
Poet Walt Whitman Health Tips Unearthed
A trove of journalism by the great US poet Walt Whitman is being published online after lying in obscurity more than 150 years. The 13-part series “Manly Health and Training” was written […]
Did Richard III Manage To Keep His Scoliosis A Secret Up Until His Death In 1485?
by University of Leicester Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University of Leicester archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a […]
1961 Pulitzer Prize Winner Ready To Publish Sequel To ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced it has acquired North American rights to a newly discovered novel by Harper Lee, beloved author of To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel, which Lee […]
American Library Association Announces 2015 Youth Media Award Winners
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards […]
The Future Leadership Institute 