Thornton Wilder won the second of his three Pulitzer Prizes for Our Town in 1938 and the play has been performed somewhere in the United States every night since.
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That figures: Professor who had to work at Subway dazzles world of maths after solving centuries-old prime number riddle
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Virtually unknown mathematician Dr Yitang "Tom" Zhang to publish 'landmark' paper on theorem
Twivo: the Twitter spoiler, er, spoiler
Sunday 12 May 2013
What do you do if you miss the latest episode of The Apprentice and don’t want your friends to spoil Sir Alan’s latest round of P45-laden wailings before you get a chance to catch up on iPlayer? You can swear them to silence and avoid large public gatherings, but there’s still your Twitter feed to worry about. Of course, you could sign off the social networking site for a while, but that’s hardly a solution for the digitally addicted.
The official statement to unveil David Moyes as Manchester United manager – and the hidden meanings behind it
Friday 10 May 2013
Everyone at the club wanted to have a say, but Sam Wallace reveals what their words really meant
'I'm the most sick and twisted person you’ll ever meet': Murderer Steven Spader, who hacked Kimberly Cates to death with machete, 'insults' victim's family with apology
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Steven Spader told Kimberly Cates’ family that he doesn’t deserve or expect forgiveness and asked his lawyers not to fight for a reduced sentence
Shaker Aamer: 'I may have to die. I hope not. I want to see my family again'
Sunday 21 April 2013
Shaker Aamer was sent to Guantánamo Bay in 2002, and cleared to leave in 2007. Now, weakened by hunger strike, he asks what his fate has to do with justice
Body of Adam Lanza, the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut primary school, is claimed for burial
Monday 31 December 2012
The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut primary school has been claimed for burial.
Woman left with burns after being Tasered by police for refusing to leave Apple store and buying 'too many' iPhones
Friday 14 December 2012
A woman has been left with severe burns to her arms after allegedly being Tasered by police for refusing to leave an Apple store and purchasing too many iPhones.
Obama wins Florida and tops Romney in final election tally
Saturday 10 November 2012
President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes today, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of the 2000 election.
Romney makes final campaign sprint
Tuesday 06 November 2012
No longer does Mitt Romney tout himself as "severely conservative," as he did last winter and into the spring. And no longer does Romney hail his running mate, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, as first and foremost a conservative icon.
Katy for Barack, Kid Rock for Mitt... The stars take sides
Sunday 04 November 2012
Philip Rucker and David Nakamura on the celebrity endorsements
Forgotten corners of the South-west
Friday 02 November 2012
Elizabeth Zach finds a deserted old town, lonely lakes and a poignant relic of the Second World War
Reflections on a journey
Friday 02 November 2012
A road trip along the shore of Lake Michigan reveals a world of beauty, says Chris Leadbeater
The rhythm of the American seasons
Friday 02 November 2012
Fall guy Tony Wheeler shows you where to go to savour the US autumn in its golden prime
The Beatles, protests with purpose, and optimism: why the Sixties were nothing short of a Golden Age
Thursday 11 October 2012
A confluence of economic and cultural wealth with political passion made the sainted decade a blessing for all those lucky enough to go through it
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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