France entered the Franco-Prussian War confident and unprepared — Prussia entered disciplined and ready. This video explores how Otto von Bismarck’s manipulation of the Ems Dispatch provoked France ...

There is no war of a regional or global scale that has not been originated by the Europeans, or that has not engendered ...

President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the ...

Wine geeks will already have guessed what the wines were: madeira, the longest-lived wine of all, and one that, so usefully, remains hale and hearty in an opened bottle for as long as it takes you to ...

From smoking shoes to cozy kicks, Prince Albert’s fashion influence is still felt today.

The world is full of fascinating historic monument and ruins, but what has happened to them in the centuries since they fell ...

MEET Metz. It’s a French city you may not have heard of – but with impressive history, great food, and world-beating stained ...

Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Switzerland, renowned for its neutrality, has said it stood ready to provide diplomatic assistance and to serve as a ...

As the Hexham Courant offices embark on a new chapter, we’re looking back at life captured in pictures within the walls of Beaumont Street.

Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the French aristocracy that he was the royal couple’s long-lost progeny. Some ...

Quote of the day by Victor Hugo, “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” As a leader of the Romantic movement, Hugo survived 19 years of political exile. He championed the ...

The inspiring image lifted the spirits of a nation—and raised suspicions that it was too good to be true. After five days of ferocious fighting, U.S. Marines raise the American flag atop Iwo Jima’s ...