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Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from...

Parataxis (from Greek: παράταξις, "act of placing side by side"; from παρα, para "beside" + τάξις, táxis "arrangement") is a literary technique, in writing...

Many laws in the history of the United States have addressed marriage and the rights of married people. Common themes addressed by these laws include polygamy...

Ruin value (German: Ruinenwert) is the concept that a building be designed in such a way that if it eventually collapsed, it would leave behind aesthetically...

Mary Vivian Hughes (2 October 1866 – May 1956), usually known as Molly Hughes and published under M. V. Hughes, was a British educator and author. The...

Principle of consent is a term used in the context of the Northern Ireland peace process and is one of the key points of the Good Friday Agreement. The...

An excursus (from Latin excurrere, 'to run out of') is a short episode or anecdote in a work of literature. Often excursuses have nothing to do with the...

Johan Henrik Schreiner (16 November 1933 – 7 November 2022) was a Norwegian historian of Ancient Greek history, in particular the Greek polis and the Battle...

Suzanne Renaud (born 30 September 1889 in Lyon, France; died 21 January 1964, in Havlíčkův Brod) was a French poet and translator. Renaud moved from her...

Manasseh Dawes (died 1829) was an English barrister and miscellaneous writer. Dawes was a barrister of the Inner Temple. He left the bar and lived quietly...

Gunnar Erling Nilsson (1922–1997) was a Swedish trade union organiser. Originally a glass-blower by profession, he belonged to the Swedish Wood Industry...