Words for a better world Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates ...

The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes is an enthralling biography of Alfred Tennyson in his youth.

An HBO docuseries explores neighborly drama in a well-armed and hyper-online America. In an interview, the directors considered what it all means.

The "charitable immunity" law has long faced criticism from lawyers and abuse victims, who argue that it allows powerful institutions to shield themselves from atoning financially for their misdeeds.

In dialogue with photos by Edward Weston, Kelli Connell’s images examine the complicated relationships between humans and the ...

From pagan folk to noise experiments and cosmic prog, these 15 albums defy convention: rock’s strangest, boldest, most unrepeatable visions ...

Also, Cuba nears collapse. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Whatever the positive benefits of plundering Earth to wage needless wars and to produce more than people need to live well, the upshot is clear. No human society can survive ...

Over two millennia ago in the aftermath of the fall of King Solomon’s second temple in 70 BC, Jewish people dispersed in various directions. A shipwreck occurred on the western coast of India and ...

A Russian family sought asylum in the United States. In the Dilley ICE detention center in Texas, they say their children endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medication.

Tom Skinner, director and co-founder of Barnaby Cecil, has achieved what is impossible for most and rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean. He spoke to FT Adviser about his experience.

The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition ...