It’s not pronounced /wuh/, like the whispering sound the letter brings to words like whale and wonder. W’s name isn’t tied to its sound at all—it’s a historical nod to its origins. So how did this ...

Sir Norman Wisdom once said that in Albania at least he is more popular than David Beckham. Yesterday came the proof. With perfect comic timing, the 86-year-old funnyman just happened to be in the ...

Wilmington is one of the Saxon fortified hill villages probably settled by Aelle after 477AD. The name is derived from Wylm ...

Kiswahili is one of the most widely used languages of the African family, and the most widely spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. It is among the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, with more than ...

KPop Demon Hunters NYT Critic’s Pick PG Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical Directed by Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang Beyond the somewhat silly premise of this ...

Marc Morris is an up-and-coming historian, with a biography of Edward I and an influential volume on castles already under his belt. Here he attempts an ambitious overview of the Norman conquest from ...