“Until now,” the Times explained in an editor’s note, ” ‘Ms.’ had not been used because of the belief that it had not passed sufficiently into the language to be accepted as common usage. The Times ...

In 1986, The New York Times announced it would begin using the honorific “Ms.” “Until now,” the Times explained in an editor’s note, “ ‘Ms.’ had not been used because of the belief that it had not ...

Walter Pater claimed that all art aspires to the condition of music, but John Banville's later novels aspire to the condition of painting. The Untouchable is a playful version of the life of the art ...