Historically, games and sports especially those which royalty indulged in often involved challenging an animal or taming one.

Madness continues today with 16 more games, including the end of the men’s second round and the beginning of the women’s ...

Most people are familiar with the keris, a dagger-like knife symbolising strength ... and was brought to the Malay Peninsula by Bugis people in the 17th century. The sundang is known by various ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

Dropsy, described in the 17th century, treated with “cure de dechloruration ... Sudden cardiac death was an ever-present dagger. Terribly poor outcomes and abjectly dismal quality of life required new ...

Household knives varied in pattern over the centuries. Until towards the end of the 17th century, cutlery for dining was limited to a knife and a spoon and everyone carried their own with them. All ...

Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh recently made headlines for his remarks about the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Chhatrapati ...

[Read more] The Three Musketeers: The cloak-and-dagger epic returns to the stage ... of one of the greatest manhunts of the late 20th century. [Read more] Flowers for Algernon: a moving journey ...

The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea, Italy, a village near Lake Como, features trompe l’oeil windows and a vaulted ceiling with faux coffered panels.