Even in the company of her peers – Queen Elizabeth I of England, Queen Christiana of Sweden, the empress Maria Theresa – Catherine the Great stands out as an empire-builder, a larger-than-life, ...

Catherine’s extensive correspondence with Voltaire, never sullied by a physical encounter, was a decades-long mutual massage that did her no harm and only slightly blotched Voltaire’s reputation.

Derided in her days and modern times as a hypocritical warmonger with an unnatural sexual appetite. Catherine the Great used to hover between hope and apprehension. Tsar Catherine's brazen exploits ...

A Ukrainian official said Kyiv was responsible for the assassination in Moscow of Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces. By Anton ...

Marlon Mullen’s show at the Museum of Modern Art, the first by a developmentally disabled artist, speaks volumes. By Jonathan Griffin She worked in collage, photography, performance ...

Advance booking is essential, but walk-ins may be available on the day. Please speak with a member of the team. Dine under the magnificent roof of the Great Court. At the Great Court Restaurant, you ...

"The Great Big Book of Everything" is a magical book owned by Stanley Griff in the 2001 series Stanley. It is a book on all kinds of animals, and it can be used to travel into the habitats of those ...

When the Museum of Fine Arts has sold works of art in its collection recently it’s often been with an eye toward acquiring a specific artwork: a rare canvas by Surrealist Remedios Varo ...

The BBC's returning historical drama Wolf Hall has gripped the nation over the past few weeks. The hit period show, starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, follows Thomas Cromwell's rise to power ...