By coincidence, one of the women in that commune is the ethereal Hazel, whom Iris has already seen around. Thus begins Amy Twigg’s intriguing debut novel, Spoilt Creatures. The commune is buried ...

Forty years have passed since the proclamation of the Paris Commune. In accordance with tradition, the French workers paid homage to the memory of the men and women of the revolution of March 18 ...

In just a few weeks, the Paris Commune passed a host of egalitarian and anti-clerical measures and introduced many concepts now considered commonplace in modern democracies, things like women's ...

she did plenty of research on the Paris Commune. The cast had help from historical advisor Alastair Bruce, with Claude explaining: "I had questions about the etiquette of women at this time and ...