Old favourites such as marigolds, busy Lizzies and even roses are being replaced by more fashionable blooms Bedding plants ...

Rendered in dramatic shades of black, an 1883 print by the artist James Tissot depicts a young woman staring out at the ...

After the British Raj was established, the Indian kurta pajama became fashionable across Europe and was eventually adapted ...

An unusual spot within this historic Sydney site has a treasure trove of archaeological evidence, which provides insight into the women who were once institutionalised there.

Talk to virtually anyone who grew up in a home with a laundry chute, and chances are they’ll have at least one story about a ...

The first Gilded Age was half a century of American history, and then it was gone. The age was driven out by the automobile, overpowered by world war followed by ...

After publishing a definitive biography of Rodin, she went on to write about the underappreciated women who modeled for the giants of 19th-century French ... the British biographer and critic ...

The violet is a recurring motif. Sappho used the flower in her romantic poetry, writing of “crowns of violets”. But Medhurst ...

Laura Burlington turns her hand to The Cavendish Hotel in Baslow, a former coaching inn on the estate supposedly won by the ...

Messika is not alone. This winter, South African-British diamond jeweller De Beers will open a 350 square metre, two-floor flagship boutique, having chosen the Rue de la Paix over Paris sites offering ...

Chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine adventure novels exquisitely capture the atmosphere of the season.

Thais love shopping, and the sheer variety of items on offer can be as overwhelming as it is exhilarating. Clothes and textiles, jewellery, electronic hardware and DVDs (not all of them above board) ...