In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in ...

Today, we think of 1700s-era France as a period of unwashed and unparalleled squalor. While this is partially a misconception, it does contain some truth. During the 18th century, people's attitudes ...

During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...

One food site, for example, serves up a “French Kiss” vegan Valentine’s Day menu of vegetable soup with pesto, a vegetarian ...

Casanova was a cynical seducer, but also studied law, took holy orders, played the violin and carried out Venice’s most ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

French: That’s exactly right. He’s not doing it through legislation. What’s so difficult about this is that he’s busting ...

The housing crisis, the devolution delay, immigration and violence against women are among topics tackled in this week’s ...

How Thomas Jefferson’s quest to prove America’s wildlife was bigger and badder and better than anywhere else led him to face ...

The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827 sits between two eras. As the first steam-powered ships took to the seas, two ...

Jerusalem Demsas: You’ve probably heard the name Horace Mann. He was a 19th-century reformer who championed the abolition of ...