The great reader Michael Silverblatt, host of Bookworm, has passed away at 73. Silverblatt was a powerful influence on my development as an adult reader, and his approach to reading helped shape my…

Dr. Franz Kafka, as he is officially listed, is buried in Prague’s New Jewish Cemetery, about a mile down the road from where I live in the neighbourhood of Žižkov. The greater Olšany Cemetery, which ...

Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.