The scent was a potent combination of mop water, beer, and sweat—the smell of wine and cheap perfume, to borrow the lyrics of a classic song that was blasted thousands of times from the crackling ...

Mothers of reinvention. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been,” according to writer George Eliot, who spoke from experience. Born in the UK in 1819, Mary Ann Evans ...

Here at their “Retreat from Reason”, the sisters enjoyed a life with few modern luxuries as they swam for hours, fished for their dinner, sang songs, put on skits, and read by lantern each night.