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Canadian trader and an Oglala Lakota woman. Her story shines a light on the West’s transformation.
Tana French has been longlisted for the Crime Writers ... novels set in a down-at-heel Victorian music hall. The Tumbling Girl, her debut novel, won the UEA Little Brown Award for Crime Fiction ...
They’ve even hired French chef Alain Sacasas and built an elegant ... On June 3, 1942, there were a few B-17 bombers on Midway. They were sent off in the predawn, so as not to be destroyed ...
Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche, the forgotten works were in pristine condition and had been hidden for nearly two centuries. “My first feeling was ...
A country pub close to the Welsh border in Shropshire which dates back to the 17th century has been brought to market by Christie & Co. The Docks, also known as ‘The Cross Keys’, has been a public ...
There are two possible ways of trying to reach some understanding of what may turn out to be one of the most important geopolitical events of the past 70 years. Remember the armchair ...
A GIRL has been "slashed in the head" outside a London school in an "unprovoked attack". The victim, 17, is said to have been attacked Alec Reed Academy in Northolt, Ealing, at around 8.15pm ...
According to tradition, the shrine houses the grave of Rabbi Chaim Ben Yosef Vital, a 17th-century kabbalist who wrote down the words of his teacher Isaac Luria, preserving the work of one of the ...
The smallpox came in the mail, in a little piece of 350-year-old human skin. And the surprise discovery is dramatically rewriting the history of one of the most notorious diseases to plague humankind.
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A charming 17th Century farmhouse, with a coveted position in the Lake District, is for sale. Pasture Lane Farm presents a rare opportunity to ...
Sometimes the most valuable treasures are hiding in plain sight, which was certainly the case with a French family when they discovered ... and lived in Naples at the beginning of the 17th century. In ...