The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors, experts in deadly force. They were similar to European knights in ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

Leave it to Susan Morrison, author of the recent book Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, to school me yet again on this show's history. Today's lesson goes pretty far back in time too, ...

In private, his refuge was drawing. Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his writing. His works inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets, and many ...

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

What better scenario, then, than the Japanese civil war (1477-1600), where samurai and ninjas (known as shinobi) were fighting each other? Yet when the premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed ...

MARBELLA, SPAIN—According to statement released by the Municipality of Marbella, the Department of Culture, Education, and Historical Heritage announced the discovery of a stone block that may ...

For all his compulsion to elicit a public reaction from just about everything he did, Hugo never exhibited his drawings, barely allowing anyone beyond his family and circle of intimate friends to ...

This year’s Red Nose Day night of TV, Comic Relief: Funny for Money, will entertain the nation with a star-studded line-up of sketches, live performances and special surprises bringing audiences ...

The day is devoted to encouraging everyone to do something funny for money and will culminate with an evening of sketches, live performances, music and fundraising in a BBC telethon. The programme ...