On a quiet afternoon, the air suddenly fills with sound — bells unfolding into melody rather than noise. The music doesn’t come from a radio or a passing parade, but from high above, where bronze ...

This Christmas season, let’s remember Bob Hope, a truly special American. As pretty much anyone over 60 would attest, Hope was a household name once synonymous with Christmas in America. His annual ...

After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

Silver has surged past Microsoft to become the fifth-largest global asset, boasting a market cap of $3.593 trillion after an over 115% rise this year. This remarkable ascent is fueled by anticipated ...

With a warm, wood-paneled vintage glow, a new Christmas collection inhabits the space formerly reserved for top-flight crooners like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett: blending pop and ...

Simply sign up to the Commodities myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A couple of months ago, Germany’s finance ministry took a remarkable step: it cancelled the long-planned Christmas ...

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid took issue with a popular Christmas carol, reposting a video that describes the beloved tune as racist. The now-viral clip has renewed scrutiny of the carol’s past, as the ...

East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies. Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States. “There's been a ...

The surge in the price of silver may not be over quite yet. Case in point? The price of the precious metal hit a new record high this week, rising past $64 per troy ounce on Thursday, according to ...