Social media user Aunty Esther dies after refusing transfusion for breast cancer due to her faith. Nigerians donated ₦30.7m ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has issued a heartbreaking update on her cancer battle as she admitted she is celebrating Christmas early so there's 'more chance I'll be alive'. The journalist, 85, was diagnosed ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has given a poignant update on her cancer battle as she revealed she will celebrate Christmas early this year as there's "more chance I'll be alive". The television veteran, 85, ...

Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history ...

Novelist John Irving says he knew he was on track when he figured out how “Queen Esther” would end. Now he faced a new challenge: How the story began. “Like all my novels, that’s the thing I see most ...

One of the world’s most beautiful books is now on view at the Italian Senate in Rome. Yesterday, the Vatican unveiled the Borso D’Este Bible, considered the “Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts” for ...

They say opposites attract, but after the initial interest, many couples that have differing ideas and opinions about life find themselves embroiled in conflict over time. Those disagreements can keep ...

Dame Esther Rantzen, the broadcaster and lifelong campaigner for children’s rights, has lent her support to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign, which aims to raise vital funds to help missing ...

“Queen Esther” is a sequel of sorts to “The Cider House Rules” (1985), one of John Irving’s most popular novels and the basis for a successful 1999 film. Dr. Larch, the man charged with making orphans ...

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The long drive to Castine from Portland puts me in a headspace where the present collides with the past. The sun is warm and bright; the car hums with the prospect of adventure. Beautifully maintained ...