Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

More about process than prints, fall 2025 was a departure for Ulla Johnson, who said she wanted to bring a new level of craft ...

The Fairy Flag - Am Bratach Sith in Gaelic - has pride of place in the drawing room of Skye's Dunvegan Castle, ancestral home ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.

The enduringly popular colour has been splashed across churches, mosques, shop fronts and even homes while some cities, like ...

a gold bird-shaped pin and a decorated silver-gilt cup of Continental or Byzantine origin. An enamelled Christian cross was ...

A first-of-its-kind fashion exhibition at the Paris museum draws links between historical objects and the contemporary creations of 45 designers and houses. It opens Jan. 24.

The towns center is dominated by town square, one of the most beautiful in Montenegro, built in 1885 at the request of King ...

A magnificent mishmash of Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Venetian structures ... Once a key hub on the ancient Silk Road, this 5th-century gem takes its name from 'tbili', meaning 'warm', a nod ...

In return, historical records tell us that the Tang emperor presented the Byzantine delegation with luxurious silk. This was a true symbol of the wealth of the Chinese as well as of their great ...

The exhibition unfolds across four time periods — the Byzantine period and Middle Ages ... Detail from a jacket in brocaded silk damask from Givenchy’s autumn/winter 1990/91 haute couture ...