Paul du Quenoy on the season-opening new production of Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” at La Scala.

She is Georgina Sparks, a money-, boyfriend- and scene-stealing miscreant from the CW show “Gossip Girl,” as played by a peak ...

The fading How was I supposed to rise and depart? Yet, I rose and departed. This sentence lodged itself in my consciousness ...

The opening poem, Candle for a Girl Passing through the Forest, acts is both prayer and a call to arms: “Oh, she does be bold ...

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/) When news of the Japanese ...

If you have pre-school-aged grandchildren, or kids in the first couple of years of primary school, it is almost certain that ...

An hour with Stanley Baxter was like a night at a party with a crowd of the most celebrated actors and aristocrats of the ...

The air raid alarm goes off and the iPhone starts talking in an American accent, urging listeners to seek shelter. It’s ...

"Your life is not over," Janine Geske told the 14-year-old in her courtroom. More than 30 years later, they're both trying to ...

Recently I was lucky enough to catch Horsham-based folk duo Bohemian Cafe in concert in Horsham’s Carfax. I arrived early but I was concerned to hear that they were already playing, as the dulcet ...

Literal: “let it burn” (anna = “give/let,” palaa = “burns”). Idiomatic sense: “go for it,” “bring it on,” “hit it,” “keep it ...

Maybe you’re not quite aware of Josh Ruben yet. But you should be. The director behind the films Scare Me, Werewolves Within, and Heart Eyes has displayed a brilliant ability to create charming horror ...