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For decades, visitors to the Frick Collection passed a magnificent staircase with an ornamental railing and giant candelabras ...

Potatoes were once so despised they were linked to leprosy. What changed? It's a tale of propaganda, survival, and ordinary ...

Many places in Michigan, including cities and streets, have French-origin names, a remnant of the state's past. Here's what to know.

Influenced by the writings of the great Frederic Bastiat, Vilfredo Pareto promoted free markets and economic liberalism in ...

A French court on Wednesday sentenced a top antiques expert to jail for duping the Palace of Versailles and wealthy collectors into buying furniture he had helped build, claiming it ...

One of the most popular sights during the Paris 2024 Olympics was not a sports event, but a balloon lift-off at the Tuileries ...

Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises ...

Books & the Arts / June 9, 2025 Free From What? Quentin Skinner and the contested 
history of liberty What Is Freedom For?

Paul Cézanne’s artistic muse had sweeping shoulders, an enigmatic face and majestic beauty that loomed over his life’s work.

Anyone could join, so long as they dreamed of making Ireland a republic, like the United States and France, where the people had dispensed ... by the end of the 18th century and a small Catholic ...