When it comes to songwriting, less is more, and simplicity is strength. Just ask Paul Thorn, who’s spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop.

When Asa Briggs got a job at the University of Leeds, he and his wife bought what he considered an ‘imposing’ villa on the outskirts of the city. Waspishly, the historian A.J.P. Taylor described it as ...

Historically, we can think about Latin America before 1492. the Zapotec or the Mixtec. Mesoamerica was a rich, diverse area. spiritual and religious deities. from what is now Florida to Central ...