A mosaic from the third or fourth century AD depicts gladiatorial combat. Rather than having slender, muscular bodies like modern athletes, these Roman fighters were lopsided and fat The gladiators of

The pride was evident in an advertisement that ran in 1953: ‘Lincoln for two years straight won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place over all stock cars in the Mexican Pan-American Road Race, 1912 twisting, to

Collecting fields often have holy grails, and in medieval illuminated manuscripts one is the Roman d’Alexandre or Romance of Alexander. The 20cm-tall book, written in Old French and illustrated with 1

Italy is in a race against time to be ready to stage its first major tournament since the 1990 World Cup

A set of 30 ‘Legends of the Rising Sun’ provided a Japanese flavour to an InterClassics Maastricht show that revelled in the diversity of the Dutch classic car scene from 15-18 January, with internati

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