News

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in ...
They needed a prison for the most dangerous man in the World. Napoleon had seized supreme power in France. He’d marched his ...
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 ...
THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...
Simon Pierce, who has studied whale sharks globally, said he has photographed suspected mating scars on female sharks in St.
In an imaginary museum, the most iconic works of Nordic art are brought together to narrate the artistic identity of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Munch's “The Scream” opens the tour ...
Students from all four schools in the St. Helena Unified School District participated in the Run Big color run on Friday, April 4. The run celebrated the end of the annual Give Big fundraiser ...
A state-of-the-art disability support facility for Northern Tasmania will receive crucial funding, with both major parties pledging $3.74 million for the St Giles Good House project in Newstead. Labor ...
Across St. Paul and the Twin Cities, fine-art curators and gallerists are living large. Sometimes this is literal: At The Museum of Russian Art, an exhibition aims to showcase the largest canvases ...
Mayor-President Sid Edwards has reached an agreement — which must still go before the Metro Council — with the new city of St. George on how to share tax revenue. Edwards' proposed ...
The Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is sticking to its previous statement on a painting found in a Minnetonka garage. A New York-based art firm spent thousands of dollars and years of ...