As CBC searches for B.C.'s best symbol, experts weigh in on how symbols endure over time and their complex histories.

Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, considered one of east Africa’s greatest literary figures, died on Wednesday, his daughter announced on social media. He was 87.

On Monday, Macron paid tribute at a war memorial in Hanoi to those who resisted French colonial rule and visited the historic 11th-century Temple of Literature. She wore a champagne silk dress ...

The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and social commentary. In literature, it quietly signalled comfort or ...

The new film "Death of a Unicorn," starring Jenna Ortega, features the mythical beast as a brutal killer. From purity to ...

It is all things lovely. The beauty and fragrance of flowers has been used as symbolism in literature defining love in its bloom. However, one theory traces the associations with Roman traditions.

Publishers Marketplace has been in business since the early 2000s, a literary-world counterpart to trade publications such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, which have covered film- and TV ...

A lone tree in shades of white against the blue background, draw us and remind us that for those of us who love reading , trees have long stood as powerful symbols in literature, embodying the ...

The album’s primary cover art contains a whole rodeo’s worth of American symbolism: There’s leather, cowboy boots and a crisp white hat; there’s head-to-toe red, white and blue.