The death penalty for murder in Britain was abolished on this day in 1969. That change in the law came centuries too late for the miscreant condemned to swing from, 'yonder gallows tree' in today ...

With Adi Godrej deciding to step down as Chairman of Godrej Industries, his younger brother and successor Nadir has pinned a poem extolling the many virtues that took him to the zenith of Indian ...

As per his tradition, Johnson closed the event with a poem. But this one had a unique touch, as Johnson also used the opportunity to thank and bid farewell to the athletes in the room as NBC takes ...

This wasn’t just a poem, it was the announcement that he would ... where else but at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, 19,000 fans said farewell to the man they call ‘Mamba’ as he took ...

Inspired by Ishikawa Takuboku’s (1886-1912) poem “Kanashiki Gangu” (Sad toys ... “I’ll go onwards, bidding farewell to the Subaru,” goes the concluding line of “Subaru.” ...

Each poem has been selected by an incredible woman including Olivia Colman, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave. Below, Stylist picks five of the most powerful poems in the book, introduced by the ...