Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

The French Revolution was a messy and extra­ordinarily ... that are the finest aspect of its legacy. Insurrection, Voltaire had said, is the only invention of the French, and Thomas Carlyle ...

Chess as a metaphor for life, reflecting history, strategy, creativity, and intellect, offering lessons for a well-played ...

Day’s end comes slightly later now, with golden tones in the clear weather. February, the month of snows and more daylight, ...

The Playground Theatre will present a new festival WOMEN'S VOICES: A CELEBRATION running Sunday 2nd March – Sunday 23rd March ...

From movies to activism speeches, iconic quotes have been misquoted and misremembered for years. From the famous figures of ...

In the centre of town, the collection of French ... the Revolution, it was transformed into a secular temple and burial place of the “great men” of France, including Victor Hugo, Voltaire ...

Appointed adviser to the inexperienced Duke Karl August, the charismatic Goethe quickly became the chief attraction of the court, Voltaire to the young duke ... two primal events took place: the ...

But in fact Marx disliked Darwin’s theory of natural selection because it left human progress ‘purely accidental’, preferring the work of the forgotten French ethnographer ... most insulting terms ...

French new wave group Martin Dupont released a string of fantastic, dramatic synthpop but never quite reaching the success they deserved.

As Haiti’s crisis deepens, marked by rampant gang violence and political instability, French President Emmanuel Macron has ...