Family heirlooms are the theme for this month’s column, including a fine example of an American “crazy quilt,” a porcelain night light, an Early American pattern glass carafe, an aeronautical school ...

A 400-year-old Shakespeare mystery has gotten a major shake-up. In a paper published in the journal Shakespeare on April 24 — the day after the Bard’s 461st birthday, if you happened to have candles ...

You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original ...

Designer Matt Stevens reimagines movies like ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Inception’ as covers in a book out this week from Chronicle ...

Mathematicians have long been captivated by the elusive and random nature of prime numbers. Now, they say, prime numbers can ...