Spring and fall: Mridula Ramesh on how water shaped the Vijayanagara empire
How did a dry, rocky region become one of the grandest cities of the medieval world, in a time of climate change? The foresight, funding and tech it took to build Hampi hold lessons for today.
The beautiful European city that's 'better than Milan' with no crowds of tourists
Ducal Palace is the largest architectural museum in Italy, and was home to the Gonzaga family from the 14th to the 18th ...
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Timeless Brushstrokes of Prasanna Weerakkody
I felt like Marty McFly from Back to the Future when I stepped into Prasanna Weerakkody’s home in Kirulapone. But unlike Dr.
Growing Up Murdoch
Rupert’s shocking decision was the climax of a succession battle that had pitted James and Lachlan, born just 15 months apart ...
David Starkey: ‘I’ve witnessed the disintegration of everything that I loved in Britain’
The historian – once dubbed ‘the rudest man in Britain’ – on cancel culture, free speech and why he refuses to ‘shut up’ ...
This photographer is chasing the ‘ghosts’ of Venice
Beset by overtourism, rising waters and dwindling local residents, Venice is a city in crisis. But photographer Michael Kenna ...
Scholz blasts Vance’s support for Germany’s far right
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday blasted Vice President JD Vance for his support of the far right in the country ...