Tag: literature

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...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Venizelos (1936) and Elytis (1996)

On this Day March 18, 2025 at 15:29

On 18 March, Greece commemorates the passing of two of its most significant historical and cultural figures—Eleftherios Venizelos, one of the nation’s most influential...

ON THIS DAY: Dennis the Menace makes his debut (1951)

On this Day March 12, 2025 at 16:59

On 12 March 1951, Dennis the Menace made his debut as a comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by DC...

ON THIS DAY: Arthur Conan Doyle writes first Sherlock Holmes story (1886)

On this Day March 4, 2025 at 17:01

On 4 March 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began writing what would become one of the most iconic detective stories of all time: A...

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