Like the novel of sensation, the spy novel came in with a glorious bang. Just as Wilkie Collins’ “The Woman in White” (1860) is not only the progenitor of all mystery novels but still one of the best ...

Social historians are always keen to identify what seem to be the transformative shifts in our communal life. But such judgments are generally only feasible with the aid of hindsight. Few of those ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Dublin, 7 April 1920 - The women and children of Ireland have silently borne the suffering incurred as a result of the heavy-handedness of British military rule, according to Erskine Childers.

I SAILED with him on the Asgarde in the Baltic the year before the war. A skipper more considerate of his crew of amateurs, who when they came on board hardly knew a sheet from a sail, it would be ...