A World Elsewhere

Promenade des Anglais (1892) by Edvard Munch Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known for his iconic work of anxiety...

Isabella and Claudio depicted by William Holman Hunt (1850). Shakespeare  leaves it an open question whether Isabella accepts the ma...

The disputed 'Flower portrait' of William Shakespeare now believed to date for the Nineteenth Century Where did Shakespeare lo...

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger "Here's one I wrote earlier, guv".   [Edward de ...

View from the Gare St Charles down le Grand escalier with the  basilica on the far horizon Atop the highest point in the city, overl...

Whether or not the Louvre art museum in Paris is the best in the world is a matter of debate and local pride and prejudice, but it is appa...

200 kms from Valence a s tarlet poses at the Cannes Film Festival A look at Valence (Drôme, France) from a political, econo...