To mark the start of 2025, we surveyed critics, editors and writers to determine the best (or at least their best) books from the last 25 years. Let the debates begin. My Year of Rest and ...

From the most to least famous, these are ten great paintings dedicated to ancient Greek myths or containing references to them. 1. The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, the great Italian painter of ...

Something like 10,000 extras are used in these scenes. Equally spectacular is the subsequent Battle of Austerlitz. But in his determination to translate the novel literally, Bondarchuk tries also ...

Venice from the Lagoon will be one of the paintings on display As well as the 30 works from Ireland, the loan includes the original cabinet which Vaughan had made to store them. Ms Topsfield said ...

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have led to deadly border clashes, killing at least eight individuals and injuring 13 others, including civilians. The conflict, intensified by Pakistani ...

So it fell to another variety of artist to commemorate the battle. It fell to tapestry makers. After seeing their work, I’m grateful it did. I have never seen an exhibition quite like “Art and ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...

At long last, Turkish researchers have pinpointed the precise site of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great achieved his first monumental victory on the road to becoming history’s ...

On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational gambit: Who is your favourite of Napoleon’s Marshals? As they ponder ...