Tag: literature

ON THIS DAY: Shakespeare’s sonnets first published (1609)

On this Day May 20, 2025 at 14:28

On 20 May 1609, one of the most significant publications in English literary history quietly made its way into the world: Shakespeare’s Sonnets, a...

ON THIS DAY: Charlotte Brontë is born (1816) and Mark Twain dies (1910)

On this Day April 21, 2025 at 17:00

The birth of Charlotte Brontë (1816) and the death of Mark Twain (1910) On 21 April, in literary history, the world witnessed both the arrival...

ON THIS DAY: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published (1925)

On this Day April 10, 2025 at 09:00

On 10 April 1925, The Great Gatsby, the now-iconic novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Though met...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Virginia Woolf and Eugène Ionesco

On this Day March 28, 2025 at 15:15

On 28 March 1941, the world lost one of its most influential literary figures, Virginia Woolf, a British novelist, essayist, and central figure in...

World Poetry Day: Social media injects new lease of life into poetry

Life March 21, 2025 at 13:45

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we take a...

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ON THIS DAY: Munich Olympics massacre (1972)

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International September 5, 2025 at 14:52

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International September 5, 2025 at 13:38

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that any Western troops...