In 1902, Rudyard Kipling acquired Bateman's farmhouse and its surrounding land, dedicating much of his life to enhancing the ...

Explore the story behind Rudyard Kipling’s “If—,” its 1910 publication and inspiration from the Jameson Raid of 1895.

Rudyard Kipling’s creations in verse and prose are among the most familiar in the English language. It would be difficult to shield a child in any Anglophone country from Mowgli’s exploits among the ...

Discover Rudyard Kipling's inspiring quote about the unforgiving nature of time, and learn valuable life lessons on ...

Then the poem exclaims, “Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, / And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!” “If–” by Rudyard Kipling was recently voted “the most beloved poem in Great ...

After his only son was killed in action, grief-stricken Rudyard Kipling created poetic epitaphs for soldiers lost in the horrific battles of World War I. During World War I, more than 880,000 men ...

When the first World War broke out in August 1914, Rudyard Kipling felt horribly vindicated. The poet of Empire believed Britain's army was pitifully small for the continental war he had warned was ...

It is no use pretending that Kipling’s view of life, as a whole, can be accepted or even forgiven by any civilized person. —George Orwell, 1942 My childhood home did not boast many literary ...

Noel Malcolm is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Earlier in his career he was foreign editor of The Spectator, and chief political columnist of The Telegraph. He has published books about the ...

Kipling scholars are celebrating the publication of lost poems by the author whose exhortations in "If" to "keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs and blaming it on you" are regularly ...

One of the great joys of life, as many parents can attest, is reading to one’s children. Entered upon with imaginative openness and sensitivity, and provided the book is good, this shared experience ...