A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

The Government of Canada’s theme for International Women’s Day 2025 is Strength in every story. This year’s theme highlights the importance of amplifying the voices of all women, particularly those ...

"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphs into bloodlust ...

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The English actress was in Madrid attending the European premiere of her new film The Electric State, from the directors and ...

By the time George Cecil Ives (1867–1950) met Oscar Wilde at the prestigious Authors’ Club in London in 1892, he was deeply ...

So when a new example of the genre (a dual biography by dual biographers, no less) sums up the story in six introductory ...

LaRock, who represented Loudoun in the House of Delegates from 2014 to 2024, says he wants to set up a Virginia version of ...

A proposed $290 million Hanover County Public Schools budget is slated for final approval following a unanimous School Board vote earlier this month. The fiscal year 2026 budget, which calls for a 3% ...

It’s also this world that forms the basis of Steven Knight ’s latest TV series, A Thousand Blows. Set during the 1880s, it tells the story of Hezekiah, an immigrant from Jamaica (Malachi Kirby) who ...

Transgressive 90s icons, the art of window displays, Carnival Casanovas and a new Disney+ series about an infamous group of ...

A Thousand Blows is based on the true story of the Forty Elephants, and Mary Carr's history may provide a glimpse at the ...