Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about expensive activities. Take your date and a picnic blanket, and head to any of these ...

Built on a limestone foundation, Valletta housed defense systems in deep tunnels during WWII that saved Malta and Allied ...

Discover this enchanting coastal city, where the Atlantic breeze whispers secrets of ancient medinas and vibrant souks.

While flower paintings by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) are now a familiar sight at auction and invariably a valuable proposition, his depictions of fruit and vegetables ...

(IN BRIEF) Professor Daisy Hay, a biographer and expert in 18th and 19th-century British literature, has been elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL). Hay, a Fellow of the RSL ...

Across furniture, silver, folk and outsider art, manuscripts, painting and more, Christie’s specialists give us an insider look at important objects of American history on offer this January.

It is possible to stop for a refreshing dive in the Mediterranean Sea if you want to. You can book your own private sailing boat in Barcelona for 2 hour or 3 hour to go and admire the Barcelona sunset ...

Anna Maria Island is connected with the mainland via Cortez Bridge to the south and Manatee Bridge to the north. Free parking is widely available, including in the multi-storey car park in the centre ...

The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...

Strong bidding emerged at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne for a Swedish portrait of Ellen Wester (1873-1930), a pioneering female translator and journalist.

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