The table – made from a gilt metal sheaf of wheat with a glass top – is similar to one designed for the French fashion designer by jeweller Robert Goossens, inspired by the drawing of wheat by ...

This week, we journey deep into the French countryside to explore a hauntingly beautiful 18th-century monastery that has ...

The flag that cushioned Lincoln’s head after he was shot, a haunted history trail and a Hindu temple. These destinations are ...

From Princess Diana to Princess Grace to Marie Antoinette, certain royals have influenced fashion for the ages.

Queen Camilla wore black to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican, but why can Princess Charlene and other royal women wear white?

Colette, Romain Gary, Audrey Hepburn, but also Churchill and de Gaulle… Kanova was both a photographer of celebrities and a ...

In an archive piece from The House & Garden Decoration Book, published in 1951, we find an invaluable guide to English ...

The original hotel building dates back to 1606 when it was the residence of a French queen. It then passed into the hands of the Priests of Saint-Sulpice who added a chapel, now deconsecrated ...

Halifax is where Nova Scotia’s story begins — a port city forged in the heat of battle, born from the fierce rivalry between the French and ... In the 1700s, European immigrants arrived ...

The findings, from carbon-dated wood to French pottery, suggest historical ... including a nail thought to be a wharf pin from the 1700s and a shard of Ashbury ware ceramic. Meanwhile, a piece ...