It was here, on July 14, 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the infamous Bastille prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the ...

The trio of history lectures were completely sold out this season, covering topics including the French Revolution.

To make the government accountable to the people, we must make it more representative, by uncapping the House of ...

To make the government accountable to the people, we must make it more representative, by uncapping the House of Representatives and rebalancing power.

QUESTION: Did Adriano Celentano’s international hit song Prisencolinensinainciusol actually mean anything? Adriano Celentano ...

Having just turned 80, the historian and tv presenter feels obliged to speak up about the ‘monstrosity’ of Donald Trump’s ...

In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

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 ...

Famous foreigners have often attracted large American crowds, but neither the Beetles nor the Rolling Stones nor Winston ...

The last surviving major general of the American Revolution was French aristocrat Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du ...

Lafayette arrived by boat to cannon and musket fire. He might have been the most famous person in America. Beaufort ...