New Delhi: Ridhhaan Jaiin is in the middle of brainstorming ideas for his sixth novel. His research has led him to the depths ...

As King Charles III prepares to honour a host of celebrities in the King's New Year Honours 2026, we have taken a look back ...

Some were public leaders; others were stalwarts in business, education, medicine, religion and other areas. The year’s list ...

Christmas is celebrated in many different places around the world, and some of this holiday's traditions are fairly unknown ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Much has changed in the past 100 years, but Columbus residents still celebrated Christmas in 1925, albeit with some different traditions. According to old newspaper ...

From John Lennon to Jefferson Airplane, these six psychedelic icons channelled Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear as they ...

To understand how New Year traditions came into existence – especially in the British Isles – is to explore a complex ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced a string of appointments just days away from his inauguration ...

The renowned astrophysicist admitted in 2008 that he'd been offered a knighthood during the 1990s, a more prestigious honour ...

Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they’re either cash grabs or sops to sentimentality, and ...

Much-loved actor Idris Elba, gold medal-winning ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, and several of England’s ...