“The impudence of a bawd is modesty compared with that of a convert,” said George Savile, the first marquess of Halifax. The comparison between prostitution and performative religious zeal may sound ...

The oldest physical boat is a canoe from roughly 10,000 years ago, but evidence suggests humans have been using watercraft for at least 50,000 years.

Ahh, mystery books. Bloody and perplexing crimes, clever detectives, and plot twists that’ll break your neck. From the age of eight when I was gifted the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes (the book ...