In the early 20th century, Cartier creations adorned everyone from monarchs and superstar actresses, to American ‘Dollar ...

St. Patrick's Day was once associated with blue, but green became its symbol due to Irish landscapes, shamrocks, and national pride.

Lampedusa's mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series ...

The first thing to say about laissez-faire liberalism is that it arose in Europe, specifically in Western Christendom. This ...

After a string of theatrical duds, misfires and howlers involving Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver, Rami Malek and Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett was the latest star of the big screen to have a go ...

Catherine popularised the drink among British nobility, and subsequently to the ... placing its first order in 1664. However, high taxes on black and green tea meant that social tea drinking ...

The first death sentence historically recorded occurred in 16th Century BC Egypt where the wrongdoer, a member of nobility ... plotting to betray the British to the Spanish.

The Irish designer turned Loewe into fashion’s most coveted brand by radically reinterpreting classic garments. Now he seems ...

This throws light on the subject of Blanning’s new book, Augustus (1670–1733), who became Elector of Saxony in 1694 and was elected King of Poland in 1697, forced to abdicate in 1706, and then ...