“Is this fair? Is this useful?” Napoleon asked as he led the discussions that modernized France’s legal system. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY As combat at Waterloo ...

His “absinthe period” began shortly before he was a sculpture student at San Francisco Art Institute ... Empress Josephine was raised on the island of Martinique, a flask of which Napoleon ...

It’s a big year for Jane Austen who was born 250 years ago in 1775. One of the ways she is being celebrated is with the ...

Minecraft movie stars (from left) Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen, Jason Momoa and Emma Myers. Photo / Supplied Having grown up building with Lego blocks not Minecraft cubes, I did what any ...

April 14, 2025 • Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic from the Bhamla Lab at the Georgia Institute of ...

On 12 April 1975, the singer and music-hall star Joséphine Baker passed away at the age of 68 in Paris, the city she had so adored. Born Freda Joséphine MacDonald on 3 June 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri ...

Clars has announced that their Winter Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Auction will be on Friday, December 16th, beginning at 10 AM PST. This sale presents an excellent opportunity for new and established ...

To mark the centenary of Adolf Hitler’s birth in April 1989, Desmond Seward has had the interesting idea of comparing his career with that of another ‘world-historic’ figure, Napoleon Bonaparte ...

Putting the socialite and botanist under the microscope, step into Josephine’s life through digital projections, towering floral installations, epic narration and curated performances with a pop-up ...