The Medicis were a powerful Italian dynasty known for their evolution from wool merchants to bankers, politicians, and Popes.

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Inside Four Seasons Florence, the world’s ninth-best hotel. From Renaissance frescoes and Medici history to marble bathtubs, private gardens, spa rituals, and breakfast at Il Palagio.

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The case, in which the 17-year-old Gentileschi and her father pressed charges against Tassi, was unprecedented at the time ...

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Democrats in the Texas Lege face a perpetually steep hill, so Cortez’s longevity continues to be an asset on certain fronts.

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was "the physical manifestation of American colonialism over Brazil", says actor Wagner Moura. Moura has been an outspoken critic of now-jailed former ...

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Greek writer and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis once said, “All my life, one of my greatest desires has been to travel, to see ...

On Wednesday this week, 4 February, a State Funeral for Professor the Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO will take place at ...