Jewels in india’s imperial crown

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

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

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

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

Istanbul, Turkey 1616 – Present

This region in northern Rajasthan was once among the wealthiest in India, thanks to its thriving merchants. Now the battle to save its greatest treasure – the area’s 2,000-plus painted mansions – is finally being won, writes Poonam Binayak