Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

On February 21, the world observes International Mother Language Day. But what is the significance of the "mother tongue?" And why is it called that and not something else?

Carlos Lozada is an Opinion columnist and a co-host of the weekly “Matter of Opinion” podcast for The Times, based in Washington, D.C. He is the author, most recently, of “ The Washington Book: How to ...

Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white ...

Another Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us, marking the beginning of another Lent. The pace and predictability of the liturgical year—like the academic year ...

Every evening, the reader in the refectory at Saint Anselm Abbey, mentions what anniversaries of death will be observed the following day. Saint Benedict tells his monastic disciples in the Holy Rule ...

In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...

If not quite his last will and testament, the work now known as Bach’s Mass in B Minor represents a definitive show-reel or ...

If not quite his last will and testament, the work now known as Bach’s Mass in B Minor represents a definitive show-reel or ...