The circus of horrors

Paris in springtime was the perfect setting for one of this year’s highest-grossing French auctions. The location was Hôtel Drouot in Quartier de l’Opéra, a hub of salerooms which are at the heart of

SELF-PROCLAIMED PROPHET ERVIL LEBARON WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO RID THE WORLD OF HIS ENEMIES

Living opposite Hitler In 1929, Edgar Feuchtwanger was ...

Male readers may want to look away now, or at least cross their legs. We are, you see, going to begin by explaining how to make a castrato. It’s an uncomfortable subject, for sure, so if you’re of a n

Quaint relic or symbol of bad taste, garden gnomes have gone in and out of fashion. They are generally thought to have originated in Switzerland and Germany in the late 18th century. Then, in 1841, a

SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...