A new study in the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies shows that a widely accepted belief about the Black Death’s rapid spread from Central Asia to the Mediterranean is not based on records or ...

Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective ...

As is widely known, fear has a way of “flattening” the imagination, and when the fear of punishment overshadows the desire to ...

In this week’s poem, Peter Beckford takes us down a well and into an “upside-down” world. I love this poem’s tangible details of leaves, stones, and antlers; its otherworldly sense of shifting ...

Most importantly is the idea that the requirement of effort is what makes us human. If we didn’t exert effort — i.e., try — ...

A mum has spoken of her shock after devastating footage she found on her 13-year-old son's phone. The teenager has reportedly been victim of a series of "unprovoked" abuse by other students at his ...

Soiled pillowcases, a mouldy bottle, and people “left lying in bed all day” were all found in a failing care home where staff are “petrified” by “a culture of fear”, according to the CQC. Fairfield ...

A growing number of people in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay are turning down vaccinations, and a new report reveals why — with ‘vaccine fatigue’ and fear of side effects among the key reasons. The study, ...

Editor's note: The piece below is satire. Duke Halloweekend just ended, and I, Monday Monday, did The Chronicle a huge favor by surveying everyone on Duke campus about their worst fears. Here’s what ...

Indonesia’s ambitious new capital project, Nusantara, faces uncertainty as construction lags behind schedule and the new president cuts funding sharply, raising fears of an unfinished, empty city.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There’s something about storytelling and humanity’s fascination with fear that go hand in hand.