Gulbadan begum the mughal jane austen

Ten creative thinkers who across the centuries helped shape Istanbul into the city it is today

How the Qin forged a great power from the fragments of the Warring States

WATCHING THE RECENT SPECTACLE OF THOSE latter-day emperors President Xi of China and India’s Narendra Modi hugging each other at the summit in Tianjin, my mind cast back to an earlier image of a pan-A

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and ...

Charles FitzRoy immerses us in the experiences of people who travelled to the city in the 18th century