The Klondike gold rush, wolves in the Alaskan snow, adventures on the high seas: Jack London, author of "The Call of the Wild" and "The Sea Wolf," was born 150 years ago. DW looks at his life....
Things that HP Lovecraft was good at: Creating a mythos. Building atmosphere. Things that HP Lovecraft was bad at: Writing dialog. Creating compelling characters. Not being a racist . As a fan of horr...
A year-end rite that can trace its roots back more than 1,000 years is disappearing as people have less free time, feel less connected to work colleagues and prefer to send New Year greetings via soci...
"People We Meet on Vacation" is becoming a Netflix film. Netflix The film adaptation of "People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry hits Netflix on January 9. Henry's novels are romant...
Simon Beck works alone, using a compass and a pair of snowshoes to create intricate patterns as large as three soccer fields....
Best known for large-scale burlap sack installations, Ibrahim Mahama is helping shift power in the art world to the Global South while redefining art as a collective practice....
A family gathers around the Christmas tree while a young girl opens her present. Mike Kurtz/Getty Images Families have long decked out their homes for the holidays. Some decorations, such as tinsel, r...
Many people celebrated Christmas Day with a traditional mass on Thursday, while others enjoyed the holiday with tiramisu at Sydney's Bondi Beach or watching a parade of Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv. In ...
The original art director of Magic: The Gathering, Jesper Myrfors, has once again taken to social media to offer some interesting behind-the-scenes insight into the early days of the game, this time e...
The author says slang is very much alive nowadays with kids. Courtesy of the author Slang's role is shifting as digital culture spreads and dilutes new expressions quickly. Social media and AI have ma...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Mia Carragher portrays Katniss Everdeen in the world-first stage adaptation. ✓ John Malkovich plays President Snow via pr...
Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg attend the 2017 Met Gala. Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images The Kennedy family has been prominent in US politics for over a century. The younger Kenne...
The author visits a once-abandoned theme park near Bethesda, Maryland. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I explored a Maryland amusement park that was abandoned over 50 years ago. Nature has since taken ov...
Whether you’ve set yourself a reading goal for the upcoming year or are on the lookout for a great new book or series to get stuck into, there are plenty of fantastic releases to get excited about in ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. Bin Salman was set for a visi...
The Dungeon Crawler Carl series is getting a new entry this year and you can already preorder yourself a copy. The popular LitRPG series has been seeing an explosion in sales over the last few years, ...
Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest at the Times Square Ball on December 30, 2025 in New York City. Kristina Bumphrey/Penske Media via Getty Images The tradition of watching the ball drop in Times Square on Ne...
Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . The first Saturday of the new year can be a lot of things: It can ...
Rebecca Yarros released "Onyx Storm" in January 2025. Red Tower/CJ Rivera/Invision/AP "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros was published in January 2025. Yarros has yet to start writing the ...
Disneyland Handcrafted, an upcoming documentary from The Imagineering Story's Leslie Iwerks on the making of Disneyland and the "trials and tribulations behind the rapid construction of the park leadi...