Twenty-something Michelangelo Buonarroti spent two years of sacrifice transforming a block of marble into a work 'no artist could better.'

I asked my readers which work of art most inspires them. Here is what they told me the art and artists that capture their imaginations.

My family's most 'cinnfull' baking tradition Grandma's Cinnamon Raisin Rolls / Raisin Bread Of all the various Christmas traditions,...

Readers share their favourite movies where the music takes center stage. Music can lift a great movie to dizzying heights The right...

Recently I asked my readers to choose their favourite novel of all-time. The one book they would read over and over. A story that stayed...

It dominated the fantasy genre, though it was written as a children's book. The Hobbit also changed Western literature and the study of...

One of the most groundbreaking books of the 20th century. It's frank depiction of slavery launched difficult conversations about race. It...

Was it only static landscape paintings that inspired The Four Seasons? Or was there more behind Vivaldi's timeless masterpiece? March 1,...

Break all conventions, write with your sisters, befriend animals – create a masterpiece for the ages. How could it possibly be? She wrote...

You cannot travel to Cuba without coming to face-to-face with him – on T-shirts, postcards, books, posters, paintings, hats, towels, even...

Like his great, great, great, great grandmother, Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles Edward Stuart sailed to Scotland from France in an effort...

I was captivated recently with the new Mary Queen of Scots film epic, and its dramatic portray of perhaps the best known of all Scottish...

Mainz, Germany - 3 May 1450 Johann Fust studied the curious man standing before him. He waved his arms wildly as he spoke with excitement...

London, 14 December 1843 The morning dawned full of promise for Charles John Dickens. At the ripe old age of 31, he was making his first...

Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a - well you know . . . But this idyllic vision hasn’t been the norm for very...

A recent article in the NY Times about ‘sloppy signatures’ that could disqualify mail-in votes cast during the November mid-term US...

His music is legendary, even coming from the overhead speakers at the grocery store. I was introduced to the music of Bob Marley by my...

No, not the jolly old elf from 1930’s Coca-Cola magazine ads, but the real St. Nick himself. His bones and sarcophagus are held and...

Well maybe nightmare is a little strong to describe my dilemma with guys named 'James'. Hey, it’s a great name - classic, noble,...

The guy from Stratford or Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford? Yes, there is an authorship debate about who wrote the Shakespeare canon and...

Aircraft pioneer, journalist and mother Fay Gillis Wells has an answer for you. This weekend, I hauled out the toolbox my father gave my...

A skilled musician can coax out ageless music from instruments that refuse to die. No a cello is not an actual flux-capacitored Delorean...

I have always been fascinated with the concept of time travel. Maybe because I like history or perhaps because of the inevitable...

The musical genius from Salzburg is long gone, but some questions about his death linger to this day. Call me naive. Or a lazy Mozart...

In the history of brewing beer, monks have a special place in heaven. They found the perfect triangulation of spirituality, nutrition and...

I recently returned from Europe and one thing that struck me as was the difference in time perspectives. I live in Canada where a...