The Lilly Library has a collection of culturally and historically significant documents, manuscripts, and books including ...

Geoffrey Chaucer’s framework narrative of a bunch of people headed to church while indulging in some zany, sexy stories of sin gets a broad, modern spin in ”The Canterbury Tales,” onstage at ...

THE smell wafting from the pot decorated with edelweiss flowers is irresistible. Alplermagronen — a Swiss mac ‘n’ cheese — ...

Alsace-style coq au vin was served once we arrived back at the Geoffrey Chaucer, followed by another luminous Riesling. There was plenty of time to relax on board the next day and I took advantage ...

Geoffrey Chaucer, who is best known as the author of "The Canterbury Tales," knew well human nature. His knowledge of human nature shows in "The Pardoner’s Tale," told by one of the pilgrims on ...

Friday the 13th is a confluence of two superstitions, the fear of Fridays and the fear of the number 13.

Villa Palmieri sits on nine hectares in the hills above Florence and has 23 bedrooms, some of which look out onto stunning ...

Today is the most feared date in the entire calendar - the dreaded Friday the 13th, but what are the origins of the ...

We've seen the words in movies, books, art, and even anime, but what are the seven deadly sins? And who came up with the list ...

A couple who got married in a cemetery on what is supposedly the unluckiest day of the year have said the day was "pretty ...

“In Norse mythology, the god Loki was 13th to arrive at a feast in Valhalla, where he tricked another attendee into killing ...