The expression comes from the famous scene in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which the eponymous seafarer shoots and kills an albatross—a sign of good luck or providence ...

Explore the important events, notable births, and significant deaths in Indian history on 20 April. From Pannalal Ghoshs ...

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein A recent essay ...

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The ...

Tony Bechara, an artist who was beloved in New York for his intricately crafted grid paintings and for his patronage of El ...

It has been 30 years since his friend and fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin died in a MiG crash, and Leonov still can’t reconcile the loss ... a volume of poetry, The Art of Flight, books ...

2025 /EINPresswire / -- A Place for a Poet's Death by Karalyne Whelan is not just a poetry collection-it is a heartbeat in written form. In her latest work, Whelan invites readers to confront the ...

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds ...

The family of a teacher who died after a three-vehicle crash said she was a nationally respected figure whose death would be a loss to the "wider world of education". Dawn Cox had been head of RE ...

The world is mourning the death of Pope Francis after he passed away at the age of 88. Throughout his papacy, he was often hailed – and sometimes criticized – for his efforts to reshape the church.

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