Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax ...

Inside the world of British jeweler, silversmith, and goldsmith Mappin & Webb as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

In total, at least 18 members of the royal house, including Paley’s cousins, the deposed czar Nicholas II and his daughter Anastasia, met violent ends during the conflict.

With each passing day, Armenia is sliding further into dictatorship. The vulgar, even pornographic, language Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has used against the Catholicos of All Armenians and other ...

Despite intensive American efforts to broker a ceasefire and staggering battlefield casualties, Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

The 50 salvaged cases of cognac brandy and 15 cases of herbal liqueur were originally intended for the aristocracy of Russia.

Notably, such a bridge had been planned for more than a century, with the first plan dating back to the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. Those plans were completed in 1910 but put on hold due to the ...

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

The humble ferry presents a lot of advantages to British holidaymakers, including cost savings and queue-free travel ...

Czar Nicholas II had mobilized about 12 million men; casualties — dead, wounded and missing — finally topped 50 percent. The soldiers, illiterate but sturdy peasants, were often misused by ...