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The Life of Agatha Christie, the World’s Best-Selling Novelist, Goes Under the Microscope at the British Library

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (354+ words) Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent “My darling, what a journey!” Agatha Christie wrote in a letter to her husband in 1930. The novelist was describing an eventful trip on the luxurious Orient Express, the 20th-century passenger train that ran between Paris and…...

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World’s Largest Collection of Serial Killer ‘Murderabilia,’ From John Wayne Gacy to H.H. Holmes, Opens in Chicago

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (417+ words) A harrowing curation of artifacts linked to the world’s most notorious serial killers—including the “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy and H.H. Holmes of The Devil in the White City infamy—anchors a new exhibition, now open in Chicago....

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Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Announces Retirement as Head of the Smithsonian After 38 Years of Service to the Institution

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (133+ words) Brian Wolly | Digital Editorial Director Bunch was named to the role by the Smithsonian Board of Regents in 2019, having most recently served as the founding director of the Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). In the…...

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Before Vegas Became Vegas, Hot Springs Was America's Sin City. Now the Arkansas Spa Town Embraces Its Colorful and Seedy History

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (576+ words) Travel | September/October 2026 A life-size statue of Al Capone greets downtown visitors, and you can stay in his hotel suite. The town where gangsters once vacationed with movie stars and athletes is still open for a getaway “The mayor, the…...

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Why Gen Z Is Learning to Paint Like 19th-Century Artists

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1162+ words) Claire Turrell | Travel Correspondent In London’s Hyde Park, young painters sit behind rows of wooden easels. Kicking off their sneakers on the picnic rugs and pulling down their baseball caps to keep the sun out of their eyes, they studiously…...