Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester on finding a hidden China amid the glitz and gaudiness.

Forty years ago, this country embraced a broke Brit. I’m giving back—with the oath of citizenship.

As Japan reels from the tsunami, archeologists claim to have discovered the lost city of Atlantis, a fabled place built—like much of the world—in the crosshairs of nature.

Simon Winchester on the mysterious mishap that killed three men in 1961 Idaho.

The tsunami that struck Japan was the third in a series of events that now put California at risk.