Data is power, and man has known it for centuries. In these excerpts, the author juxtaposes some of the earliest data collectors, as early as 48 BCE, to today’s age, where data is collected at every ...

Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel Gandolfo was incorporated into the Holy See’s assets. The history of the papal ...

Princess Kate attended her first state banquet in two years at Windsor Castle on July 8, and it’s safe to say she stole the ...

Hirst’s perspective offers a fresh take on the Kid, portraying him as a realistic hero frequently caught in the wrong place ...

More than halfway through the 2020s, these are the best TV shows the medium has to offer — how many have you seen?

A speck of time in Jewish history passed, less than 150 years from the great Jewish migration that exploded in 1881 when Tsar Alexander II was assassinated that March 13. Only twelve dozen years.

Oscar has its new voters. Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has handed out its annual invitations to membership with 534 new invitees. If all of them accept the new totals of overall ...

Recent Oscar winners Kieran Culkin and Mikey Madison, along with nominees Ariana Grande, Fernanda Torres, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, are among the 534 distinguished artists and executives ...

Marie Antoinette—played by Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's stunning new film—used her distinctive personal style to defy the rigid etiquette and scheming courtiers of Versailles. Kennedy Fraser looks ...