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A new Apple TV+ series explores the life of the so-called "King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings" – shown as a wild enfant ...

Isabel Rabey reviews Einstein’s Tutor: the Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Philips ...

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to $6 million at auction ...

A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th Century when scholars attempted to explain the similarities between Christiani ...

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is probably the most notable of the 19th century German Romantic artists (even if you’re ...

Trump is not the first to name a domestic enemy, decide that their rights are no longer valid and turn the machinery of the ...

The consensus that America should be a benign superpower, born out of the ashes after 1945, has gone, too. And Mr Trump wants ...

From ‘the guy in Groundhog Day’ to ‘the creepy dude from Christopher Nolan’s movies’, here are some of the most famous ...

Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.

According to the publisher's website: This book emphasises Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895) — also known as Lady Charlotte Guest, née Bertie — as one of the most significant women in the history ...