Quelle surprise! While the legendary entertainer was traveling the globe being toasted as star, she was actually working as a ...

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we salute five women who worked tirelessly in the shadows to bring about an Allied victory ...

Around 1,000 activists, many clad in black and wearing masks, marched through the streets of Paris on Saturday to commemorate the 1994 death of an ultra-n ...

In a world that often tried to limit Black women to the margins of history, Josephine Baker pirouetted to the centre stage , not just as ...

The singer Coco Jones, dressed in an ivory suit by the Indian designer Manish Malhotra, was among the first of the night to ...

My Name Is Emilia Del Valle is the newest novel from the prodigious Chilean expat, now in her 80s. Plus, a personal history ...

Fighting a global war can force every side involved to get creative in gaining an advantage over its adversaries. This ...

As recounted in "Josephine Baker's Secret War ... to recount Baker's brave stand against fascism as part of the French resistance. Idolized across Europe For 50 years, Baker danced and sang ...

Still, don't let the marquee name blot out the rest of this week's offerings, which also feature natural history, modern anxiety and Josephine Baker ... agent for the French Resistance.