Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

China’s most famous artist lives quietly in Portugal. But exile is hard, even if it’s golden. On the occasion of his latest ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is its history darker?

Dear Fantastic Valentine: With your background in theatre, you could easily create an exotic fantasy scene for your woman. You’ll need a bottle of sensual-smelling oil, a few candles to nicely light ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?

Today is Valentine's Day and to pay homage to the day of love we have chosen only a few works, but there would be an infinite ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

From a Valentine's message for that budding new relationship to telling your long-time love that you're still swooning, we've ...