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One of the highlights of this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival is a celebratory stroll with our unsung heroines.
Upon earning a law degree from St. Petersburg University in 1891, Lenin became a leader ... made the crossing aboard a Swedish ferry, Queen Victoria. While most of his comrades suffered the ...
After inspecting Mary at close quarters at Balmoral in 1891, Queen Victoria declared herself satisfied that this ‘dear, charming girl … so sensible & unfrivolous’ would make a suitable wife for her ...
A curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Cartier” exhibition explains how the jeweler’s “elegance” and “discretion” led ...
A San Francisco drag queen group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a self-professed "order of queer and trans nuns," is sparking controversy in the days leading up to their annual ...
In 1859, the City leased the area from King's College, and the following year, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) opened up a park in honour of his mother, Queen Victoria. The park was long ...
Margrethe shared a close relationship with Elizabeth - they are both great granddaughters of Queen Victoria. The pair shared such a strong bond that they would begin all correspondence with ...
In 1749, the twining tea was the first to be exported to America. As the ownership of the teahouse moved through the Twining family tree, a century later, in 1837, Queen Victoria granted the shop the ...
The instruction was simple. Rate all the grounds in the SPFL, they told me. The execution was slightly more difficult.
"Journey through history, from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s purchase of the Balmoral Estate to the present day. You’ll have the rare opportunity to view a selection of rooms within the ...
In addition to the many engagements King Charles and Queen Camilla undertook on their recent four-day state visit to Italy—which also marked their landmark 20th wedding anniversary—a highlight ...
“I think he loves his work and it keeps him going,” his wife, Queen Camilla, told a group of reporters during the couple’s recent state visit to Italy. “And I think it’s ...