In a world drowning in information, the real threat is not the burning of books, but the extinguishing of thought ...

EBOOKS have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favourite: ...

A controversial quote attributed to Adolf Hitler mentions cremation rituals at Benares and reveals deep colonial prejudice.

Even in ancient Greece, people worried about philosophy’s subversive effect on tender minds.

A fire that consumes the world: Berlin -- Ghosts at Berliner Stadtbibliothek: Berlin -- Goethe's oak: Weimar -- Himmler's library: Munich -- A warrior against Jerusalem: Chiemsee -- Consolation for ...

Billy Graham’s use of the phrase underscored a connection between Christianity and antisemitism seen in the 2026 Mississippi ...

German director Dennis Gansel remembers an incident that would ultimately inspire his war film The Tank (original German ...

The essays in this reissued collection are told with great wit and on a variety of fascinating subjects where there is ...

Eight hundred boys, Hungarian Jews aged between 13 and 17, were marched in driving rain from Block 11 at Auschwitz-Birkenau ...

Books have always possessed an unsettling power to challenge authority, reshape minds, and ignite revolutions. Throughout history, governments, religious institutions, and moral guardians have tried ...

Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried ...

The man charged with arson in the burning of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss., called the institution a “synagogue ...