But even in the days of instant communication, there is still nothing like a letter to give a personal touch. And few people seem to ... and until Mencken [a famous critic at the time] spoke ...

Throughout history, certain figures have become larger-than-life icons ... were far more complex or even fundamentally different from the popular narrative. Many famous historical individuals were ...

Long ago, in a world before text messages, video calls, e-mails, and even ballpoint pens, love letters were ... precious pieces of history preserved to this day. Many famous figures of the past ...

Recent Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro made headlines when an archive of her rejection letters were found through the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. One letter ...

The Declaration of Arbroath is seen by many as one of the most famous documents ... of medieval archaeology and history at the National Museums Scotland, says the letter starts out with the ...