Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

William Hazlitt’s account of an 1821 bare-knuckle fight in an English field is considered one of the first examples of modern sportswriting, and remains a triumphant example of the genre.

Introduction Caucasians usually portray themselves as ldquo;clever rdquo; and ldquo;superior human beings rdquo; on earth .

"It was, in fact, the land of the ever-memorable Beast, the Napoleon Bonaparte of wolves. What a fate it had! It lived ten ...

1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

French far right leader Marine Le Pen may have decided to let Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survive this time round, but his ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived his latest no-confidence motion in parliament on Tuesday, after far-right ...

More than 100 objects connected to the French emperor just sold at auction. The collection sheds light on the man and the ...

There was a dramatic finale to the sale, when six people holding folders with Ministry of Public Finance letterhead entered ...

Among the top lots was a painting of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, which sold for 20 times its estimate at $1 million.

Anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at ...

The Ottoman Siege of Malta. Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North C ...