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What bilingual signs call the Sheng King Temple (聖王廟) is a national-level relic hidden in the back streets at 19, Lane 239, Zhonghua Road (中華路). Established in 1732 (some sources say 1761), it was ...

So yeah, these are the 10 best fantasy books about elves, but if you see Gimli, will you tell him that he’s better than them?

Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

Rural residents, your prayers have been answered! At last, there's a series that captures the essence of countryside living – and you can watch it for free on BBC iPlayer. 'This Country' is ...

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the pandemic. We asked students how their lives are different today because of it. By The Learning Network President Trump abruptly stopped providing ...

In an age in which all media is seemingly ephemeral, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that one of the great pleasures of many movies is watching them several times. Indeed, each time is ...

The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...

It’s one of hundreds of sites that remain long after the Romans left Britain, and just part of the legacy of Ancient Rome. Now Bath was named after the Romans left. But there are plenty of towns ...