Few authors have failed to spot the irony in one of the 18th century’s most recognizable ... crucial advantages that made it a best seller from its earliest days. Priced at 1 shilling, it ...

COUNTY DOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND—BBC News reports that a cobbled courtyard ... during drainage work near Castle Ward, an eighteenth-century mansion overlooking an inlet on the eastern coast of ...

Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

The Butterworth Center houses one of six known Venetian ceiling paintings in the United States. Cleaning the painting alone could cost over $1 million.

A painting found in an abandoned California storage locker is a rare double-sided portrait by revered American painter Ammi ...

A 19th-century scholar claimed that "Cocker's Arithmetick" had "probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible" ...

Actor Yul Edochie has paid tributes to his late son, Kambilichukwu, on what would have been his 18th birthday today. Sharing their photo, Yul Edochie reflected on the activities his son loved ...

Billboard has named Drake the “biggest rapper of the 21st century” in a recent ranking. The Canadian hip-hop star topped the list, which featured other notable rappers such as Eminem ...

The Parisian chocolate company Debauve & Gallais was founded 225 years ago by Sulpice Debauve, a pharmacist to Louis XVI and ...

In the history of both painting and the culinary arts, late 19th-century France remains an unrivalled moment. This is when Claude Monet’s masterful gaze settled on lilies and haystacks ...

TOBA TEK SINGH: Police initiated a crackdown on liquor sellers to prevent the supply of toxic liquor to Christian localities ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. The operation follows the ...