In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

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Here is a closer look at the family tree of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, largely believed to have inspired HBO's ...

Watford Observer local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at the links between Corran School in Watford and the ...

The Civilization 7 leaders list brings together some of history's most iconic figures, for better or worse, and features ...

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Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged vessel holding the precious furnishings of the lost 18th century Amber Room, ...

The dissolution of the Soviet Union greatly affected this decades-old gas business. Russian gas now had to transit an ...

A Russian strike on a residential building in central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, emergency services said, one of many attacks across the country this weekend.