“And am I really 18 years old?” asks Emily Shore in the diary entry for her birthday of that year, December 25th, 1837.

Over the past 50 years, U.S. pop music lyrics have become simpler, more repetitive, and increasingly focused on stress and negative emotions.

From analog bags to phone-free parties, 2025 marked a shift in how much of their time people are willing to spend on the ...

After surviving a rare and deadly childhood cancer, a Bury schoolgirl is celebrating a very different kind of victory - ...

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

Green Day's Mike Dirnt opened up about his early childhood conversations about songwriting with Billie Joe Armstrong in an ...

Los Angeles, CA, is home to some of the world’s most talented individuals. For legendary journalist Jeff Schultz, the city was a catalyst for a life filled with world-class experiences. Born in 1959, ...

What more can we say? The close of 2025 demands a final recap of the nonstop buffet of buffoons that presented itself starkly over the past 12 months. The list ...

He didn’t sit down to write a nice moral fable extolling the Christmas spirit. Among other things, he needed to make money to ...

Jazz versions of holiday classics can bring up these feelings even with no singer, though perhaps start with Ella Fitzgerald’s classic album “Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.” Other sweet as ...

We all love a good end-of-year list - the library is no exception! If you are a Spotify user, you may be familiar with their "Wrapped" feature, which analyzes your listening data to present a snapshot ...

The Worcester Public Library loaned over 600,000 books so far in 2025, along with more than 278,000 e-books and audiobooks.