Oxford is home to glorious architecture and steeped in history – from hidden gems such as the Ashmolean Museum and Hinksey Heights Nature Reserve.

Ron Currie's new novel, "The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne," tells the story of a small-town drug mobster, a formidable woman of French descent. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Currie about it.

On Dec. 8, 2003, a conflict in Abbeville, South Carolina, over 20 feet of land turned deadly. Steven Bixby ambushed and killed Abbeville County sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Wilson and state constable Donnie ...

From Hammer Horror to kitsch to electronic music, to coincide with the publication of his new book The Alienation Effect, ...