Long before Stanley Kubrick made waves with book adaptations like The Shining and A Clockwork Orange, he directed one of the ...

With his final breaths, one of the aviators provided information to give Allied artillery accurate coordinates to target ...

The Merci Train boxcar was built in France between 1893 and 1895 and used in WWI to transport troops and supplies ... All ...

In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child famously declared boeuf bourguignon "one of the most delicious beef stews concocted by man," and we couldn't agree more. It's at once cozy and ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. During World War I, Allied navies started implementing shocking, cubist-inspired “dazzle” paint jobs on ships. The now-iconic ...

So might the Trump administration use the threat of enforcing its WWI claims to pressure Britain to exchange a portion of its Treasury holdings for Perpetual Uncle Sams? It's impossible to know ...

Pope Francis has advanced five people’s paths to sainthood after approving decrees promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on March 28. Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua ...

With a new immigration law in France, foreigners will now be required to pass a language exam if they wish to remain in the country. Tens of thousands will be affected by this decree, and could ...

One vessel was the enormous Olympic – sister ship of the Titanic. Olympic became a troop ship during WW1 and was repainted in dazzle. She shows some of the techniques used by dazzle designers.

LONDON -- On Jan. 1, 1917, a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might not sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old -- Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw -- happened to be a ...

Leaders in British sculpture, Henry Moore (1898-1986) and Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) have long been celebrated for their exploration of the human form. One of the greatest artists of the 20th century, ...