The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well someday become the foundation of a common citizenship,” Winston Churchill prophesied in his famous speech at Harvard ...

Although the English pushed back the Scandinavian invaders, the effort so weakened the Anglo-Saxons that they were defeated by William at the Battle of Hastings, also in 1066. The Norman Conquest ...

The actor and musician Jeff Bridges discusses how to “let it do you,” why almost dying was a gift, and his new album, “Slow Magic,” in an interview with Amanda Petrusich. The danger behind ...