Autumn is different here in France, muted and muffled, pale yellow and silver-gray. The sun is pale too, and like a 19th ...

An exhibition on marginalised labour reveals how the power to represent oneself matters more than simply being seen ...

Asunción, Agencia IP.- Madame Elisa Lynch, born in Charleville, County Cork, Ireland, stands as a key and controversial ...

It’s already been a week. But I can’t get out of my head the last stanza of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s magnificent “Casey at ...

In the heart of the capital, in a prestigious setting inspired by the modernity of a luxury hotel, the Pavillon Wagram will ...

This chapter explores the interplay between identification and distance that Lucian sets up for his readers in relationship to the speaking characters in the Dialogues of the Courtesans. While readers ...

who had come to serve the courtesans of the... The Madras High Court has reserved orders on an anticipatory bail petition filed by actress Kasthuri for her alleged controversial comments on the ...

Taramati and Premamati, the legendary courtesans of the Golconda Sultanate, graced the Deccan with their beauty, artistry, and unwavering loyalty. In the 17th century, under Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah, ...

Virginia Woolf, Hilary Mantel and Prince Harry, we learn from A Voyage Around the Queen (Fourth Estate, £25), have each ...

Harriman, who was Churchill’s daughter-in-law and “secret weapon” during the Second World War and, until her death in 1997, the diplomat-cum-courtesan knew everyone, went everywhere ...

The stories of Taramati’s and Premamati’s ethereal dual performances impressed and mesmerized the Sultan from afar. It’s said that the ravishing Taramati sang from her open-air pavilion—the Taramati ...