Napoleon blown apart

RICHARD LINKLATER’S NOUVELLE VAGUE IS A LOVING RECREATION — AND CELEBRATION — OF JEAN- LUC GODARD’S BREATHLESS . AND HERE, EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE , LINKLATER WRITES A VALENTINE TO THE FRENCH NEW WAVE ITSELF…

The piece I’d never part with

In 1494, the high castle walls that had dominated the Middle Ages came tumbling down in clouds of gunpowder smoke. It was the start of a new age

THE LIFE AND SCANDAL OF PRINCESS LOUISE, PRINCE ALBERT’S MOTHER

You don’t see many 83-year-olds pull off a successful backflip. But the Golden Globes seems to have dramatically course-corrected back into relevance. The winners of the 83rd edition of the glitzy cer