Waiting to enter the Columbia River Bar in early January 1853, the barkentine Vandalia was heading in from San Francisco, with Capt. Edward H. Beard, of Vancouver, Washington, as master. The vessel ...

The first time I died in Beyond Citadel, the game treated to me a close-up shot of my character's scantily clad, ...

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Owen Gent is an artist from Bristol who has been working as an illustrator for over ten years. Owen is known for his ...

Big money, big ideas and big egos — the art world has all the necessary ingredients for a juicy controversy. This may be why eye-rolling and schadenfreude emerge so virulently whenever said ...

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For military men and women deployed to areas around the world, past and present, the holidays can be a time to simply survive rather than celebrate, the separation from family, friends and ...

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Immanuel Mifsud’s unpretentious novels belong to the latter category. His books are imbued with a gentle melancholy that creates a deep ache you can almost feel in your stomach, a sensation of ...