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Taylor Swift's Complicated Embrace of Tortured Poets
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCredit - Courtesy Republic Records Who was the first tortured poet? Maybe the ancient Egyptian who wrote, sometime in the 15th century BCE, "My beloved...
Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman....
6 Fun, Wild, And Totally Random Facts About History I Need To Impart To You This Month
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 7 months agoI am a huge lover of history, to the point that my friends and family find me actively annoying....
Famous birthdays for July 20: Omar Epps, Judy Greer
United Press International via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOmar Epps arrives on the red carpet at the "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" on July 15, 2021, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The actor...
Why the Middle Ages have such a bad reputation
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made recently by Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn in relation ...
'Mount Everest of music': Bemidji State professors release 'Winterreise' project
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—BEMIDJI — Franz Schubert's song cycle "Winterreise" — or "Winter Journey" — can be considered a bucket list item for piano and voice performers, and two Bemidji State music professors ...
Why we all love a Christmas romcom
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoI fell in love last week. I’m talking euphorically, addictively, thinking about him all the time, going to bed and dreaming about him, head-over-heels...
A guide to seducing kings and queens – from lute lessons to throwing the perfect pageant
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHow do you lead a king astray? Madame de Pompadour did it by dashing her pink carriage across the...