Hard to believe, but 2025 is almost over. And what a wild, culture-packed year it’s been. Social media was bursting with ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative ...

Alice meets all sorts of creatures as she swims around in a pool of her own tears. She joins in a Caucus-race: but how can you win a race with no rules? And who will give the prizes?

Why is punctuation important? Neil and Alice discuss rhetoric, commas and full stops.

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers ...