A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...

Carmen, that beguiling Andalusian beauty created by a 19th-century French writer and afterwards made legendary by artists of different nationalities—in opera, dance, and film—continues to fascinate.

As the US president lashes out at the Ukrainian leader once again, it can sometimes feel as though personal hostility is ...

Previously an inter-party group of 72 members of the Japanese parliament visited the Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism for Asian countries ...