Although originally conceived in Europe, art deco came to define American interwar prosperity, optimism and luxury.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In today’s homes, it’s always a delight and surprise to see spaces that perfectly encapsulate bygone eras ...

Many period TV hits have romanticized the opulence of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping propel a rejection of ...

Kate Moss and glamour go hand in hand; the supermodel is well-known for her laid-back, effortlessly cool yet undeniably luxe allure, and, you’ll be unsurprised to know, her home is no different. The ...

On the same October day that the Louvre Museum reopened in Paris after a brazen theft of crown jewels, a different sort of French trove was put on display less than 500 yards away, at the Musée des ...

Heading for a train in rural Ireland, the provost of Trinity College, JP Mahaffy, was relieved to see the station clock indicated he still had time to spare. But when he arrived on the platform ...

Tanya Charles says her ancestors' history may not be written down in books, but it is written into the land. "My nan used to say scientists will never catch up to us, we're too old," she says, as rain ...

Guest: Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and former New York Times bureau chief in the Caribbean and Central America, West and Central Africa, Tokyo, and Shanghai.

What we think of as traditional classrooms are fading into the past. Rigid classroom designs with rows of forward-facing seats with an instructor at the head of the class are increasingly vestiges of ...

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