The First World War began in the summer of 1914, shortly after the assassination of Austria’s Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and ...

It took just eight minutes. Thieves broke into the Louvre in broad daylight on Sunday and made off with jewelry said to be of ...

By Emily Brayshaw The iconic feathered showgirl was born amid the chaos of the first world war, when the wealthy, global ...

A range of documentaries for BBC Two and iPlayer includes a new historical crime series with Lucy Worsley and a sixth series ...

With neoclassical architecture in ice-cream hues, candlelit Chopin concerts, and bygone confectioneries on every corner, ...

However difficult Columbus's first voyage was, it was a pleasure cruise compared to the rough seas he's had to navigate over ...

A Cure for Wellness, The Cable Guy, and Cloud Atlas all bombed at the box office, but they're actually pretty good movies ...

As a former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has been behind many doors closed to the average French citizen. As he heads ...

If you're scrolling through Netflix wondering what to watch next, let me introduce you to a treasure trove you might have ...

Russia was the top export market for French films in 2023, and second in 2024 by ticket sales, according to Unifrance, a French cultural body promoting cinema abroad. This comes even as pirate copies ...

I saw Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” today, in a screening room packed with  critics. I’m very glad I did see it on the ...

Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished ...