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The National Archives highlighted documents relating to coronations of times gone by.

It’s been just over 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. Some Americans have largely forgotten about the invasion, despite the fact the Sept. 11 attacks that precipitated it still loom large in U.S. national memory. Even during the heart of the war in 2006, most young Americans could…

From the slow experience to stories that lurk on every shelf (plus Gucci to be found!) — author, debut novelist and charity shop volunteer Lauren Bravo on the timeless thrill of thrifting in the capital

Tom Jones — Solly McLeod heads a star-studded cast in a colorful adaptation of the novel about an 18th-century lothario.

So often defying the conventions of their age, these inspiring figures are also dependable boons for nephews and nieces in books by authors from Jane Austen to JK Rowling

The US court’s decision means that digital lending has become a pressing question for libraries and readers

The discovery of a body on the beach provides the pivotal moment in an essayistic novel that lacks propulsion and pace

Priscilla Morris, whose book tackles the Siege of Sarajevo, is the youngest shortlisted author at 49

The award, championing small presses with fewer than five staff, was won by The Doloriad – an audaciously original novel set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Greek Lessons by Han Kang and Death Of A Bookseller by Alice Slater.

Award-winning author Amitav Ghosh's new book 'Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories' is all set to be released in India in July this year.