Although it’s a bit embarrassing to admit it, who among us doesn’t come to great works of literature looking for some hints on improving our own lot? That was the double joke behind Alain de Botton’s ...

When Michel de Montaigne retired to his family estate in 1572, aged 38, he tells us that he wanted to write his famous Essays as a distraction for his idle mind. He neither wanted nor expected people ...

It should be no surprise that author Sarah Bakewell found in the 16th-century French writer Michel de Montaigne a voice that is entirely of the present. For more than 400 years, Montaigne’s empathy, ...

Lawrence Montaigne, a guest star and character actor on numerous TV shows throughout the 1960s and into the ’80s but likely to be remembered for appearances as a Romulan and a Vulcan on the original ...

For centuries, the final resting place of Michel de Montaigne, the French Renaissance philosopher credited with pioneering the essay as a literary form, has remained a mystery. Now, the search is over ...

If the world hadn't been hit by a literal pandemic, Jess Cerro (AKA singer-songwriter Montaigne) would have been performing on one of the world's biggest stages this year: Eurovision. Montaigne says ...

Singer-songwriter Montaigne will represent Australia at Eurovision with Don't Break Me after she won the Australia Decides national final. Montaigne won ahead of Casey Donovan and Vanessa Amorosi The ...