GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — From filling stockings to decking the halls, a lot of our Christmas traditions come from the extravagant times of the Gilded Age and a new cookbook is helping to keep those ...

Most know Richard Ashcroft from The Verve and his band’s biggest hit, “Bitter Sweet Symphony”. While orchestral arrangements have become common in Ashcroft’s songs, you can also hear the influence of ...

SEATTLE — Author Becky Diamond brings historic holiday traditions to life with recipes from a bygone era in her cookbook "The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook." Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan ...

In 1894, over the objection of the governor and the mayor, President Grover Cleveland sent American soldiers into Chicago and then invoked the Insurrection Act to suppress strikes and protests. His ...

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New Year’s Wants, with a Nod to William Blake For opulence on every front — furniture, fixtures, bric-a-brac, and paintings — it’s hard to top the Driehaus. A few weeks ago, I was in Chicago to see ...

Once a mainstay of the Gilded Age, the grand banquet hall lost its luster with high society. But you can still find one if you look in the right places. By Ronda Kaysen and Dan Levin President Trump’s ...

Richard Ashcroft isn’t the first legend to continue making music under the giant shadow of a masterpiece. His former band, The Verve, broke up following Urban Hymns, just as the singer had finally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a music journalist from New York City, living in Nashville. Richard Ashcroft is soaking in the awe. Decades into a bountiful ...

Richard Ashcroft has ruled out a reunion for The Verve. The Bittersweet Symphony singer has been supporting Oasis on their comeback tour over the summer, but he insisted it hasn’t inspired him to ...

It’s a whopper of a week, release-wise, and I review 10 albums, including The Besnard Lakes, The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno, Club 8 and more, plus ...