From Nov. 6 to Nov. 9, the Hopkins theater program presented show-stopping performances of “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials ...

The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest—and the most tortured—of writers. And now he’s starring ...

In 1926, the historian Beth Zion (Roochel) Lask, author of The Jews in England: A History For Young People read an essay ...

Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a ...

It is no coincidence that Larry Millett lives in what he believes is the oldest rowhouse in Minnesota. The St. Paul novelist and journalist, who dates his house to 1871 and whose new book is ...

(CNN) — The city of Paris has announced a lottery with a twist: Instead of a cash prize, entrants can instead win the chance to be buried in one of the French capital’s most celebrated cemeteries. The ...

Three years ago, as he shuffled through the doors of Westminster Hall, his Peaky Blinders outfit weighing heavy and the mutters of “that bloke looks just like…?” following him every step, you could ...

Initially published as a famously censored novella for Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in June 1890, Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” explores persuasion and corruption, sexual identity, ...

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...

The British Library symbolically reissued the reading pass of controversial playwright Oscar Wilde, over a hundred years after it was cancelled due to his imprisonment. The reading pass was presented ...

Over time, the accumulation of myths, half-truths, gossip, and in much more serious instances, egregious misrepresentations and downright lies, have continued to distort the facts about Oscar Wilde ...