If you want to unearth the history and origins of Mardi Gras, the iconic Mardi Gras colors are a good place to start ...

Richard was born at Bordeaux in France on 6th January 1367, the son of Edward the 'Black Prince' (eldest son of King Edward III) and Joan, called the 'Fair Maid of Kent'. The death of his elder ...

Discover sailing with over 80 races this year. 'Don’t let the lack of a boat hold you back,' says the club. Membership from ...

Sailing is now more accessible than ever, and you don’t need to own a boat to get involved,” says Admiral Annamarie Fegan ...

Between France and the U.K., Europe's two nuclear powers, Blagden says France is in a better position to provide the continent with what Macron called a "nuclear umbrella" as it has more ways of ...

Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times. By Tanjil Rashid What do you do when time is out of joint, when history’s tectonic ...

In his autobiographical account, The Travels of Marco Polo, the famous 13th-century Venetian explorer recorded his visit to Sumatra, Indonesia. "There are wild elephants in the country", he wrote ...

Korea, 1954, Japan, 1955, Thailand, 1956, France, 1964-1966, Republic of Vietnam, 1967 and 1969 Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles S. Kettles was born in Ypsilanti ...

More than 90 years ago, Rowland Bretton carried out an exhaustive inspection of the heraldry of Halifax Parish Church, which was published by Halifax Antiquarian Society. Did you know with an ad ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, from second left, speaks with President Donald Trump as Vice President ...

A HERALDIC shield dug up in the back garden of a Winchester property has been identified almost 40 years after it was discovered. Peter Gillespie found the shield while digging in the garden of his ...