Jared Diamond's Hamlet Test promises to separate great leaders from the rest, but does it hold up under scrutiny?

Fairbanks author Margaret Merritt was pleasantly surprised to learn recently that her book, “Finding Democracy Through the Lens of a Young German Woman, 1944-1950,” had won the bronze award for ...

In his new book The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men, veteran journalist Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, explores the many facets of modern machismo ...

Plea to withdraw cases filed against Pottaloorani villagers protesting against three factories using trash fishes ...

“Our Missing Sons,” a politically charged French mystery series inspired by true events, is making its international market ...

Jared Diamond’s new book argues history is shaped by people with remarkable and singular talents. But his conclusions often ...

James Norton is set to play the title role in a new London West End production of “Hamlet,” directed and conceived by Thomas Ostermeier. Producers Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions are bringing ...

If you’re going to tackle a Shakespeare play on film –– particularly the complex web of family tragedy that is ‘Hamlet’ -- be prepared for challenges. But with this present-day version, director Aneil ...

Scholars and critics have long thought William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is the greatest work in English literature. On the one hand, the story is simple. Hamlet’s uncle Claudius poisons Hamlet’s father, ...

Filmmakers have been adapting the plays of William Shakespeare since the advent of cinema. The tale widely considered the Bard’s greatest work – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – was first ...

Riz Ahmed in "Hamlet," directed by Aneil Karia. (Courtesy Vertical) Writing the line “brevity is the soul of wit” in a four-hour play is an irony that undoubtedly did not escape its author, who put it ...