In this season of “Best of” lists, BBC Culture has outdone everyone. Rather than produce a list of the best books of the year, BBC has compiled a list of… Read more »

It’s been a fruitful month for academic sleuths—Oxford acquired a long lost political poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, an upcoming catalog of Francis Bacon features over one-hundred never-before-seen paintings, including one discovered… Read more »

Infighting at the Brontë Society has caused the author Bonnie Greer to resign from her role as president. Greer quit at the weekend following months of internal disputes between the… Read more »

Charlotte Brontë’s homework has just sold for £50,000 (nearly $78,000), an impressive sum for a one-page assignment. Purchased by the Brontë Society, her essay will be on display in her… Read more »

Today is April Fools’ Day, so for the next 24 hours, be careful out there on the Internet. Every story you see should be read carefully, every headline cause for… Read more »

Readers imagine the world of a book, but some people go even farther — and no, I’m not talking about the Jane-ites. Julia Callon, photographer, has a new project underway… Read more »