Edward Mitford, Lord Palmerston and other politicians including Lord Shaftesbury were greatly influenced by leading evangelical preachers like Charles Spurgeon, J C Ryle and Charles Simeon who were ...

Four new books offer readers a rich volume of cartoons with “Far Side”-level wit, but also go deep on a diverse array of real ...

The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said. 50 States, 50 Fixes The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery ...

For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.