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A new exhibition at London's V&A Museum celebrates all things diva, featuring more than 250 looks that celebrate other iconic performers who ‘have challenged the status quo’

From Victorian opera singers to Debbie Harry, a new exhibition celebrates the historic and iconoclastic fashion of women in charge of their own destinies

The Versailles gardens were once famed as a symbol of the king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume smelly skin

Paleis Het Loo was built as lodge for man who became William III, king of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689

From choosing cohesive colors to adding accent walls these are the easy interior design secrets of making a living room look more expensive

French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through parliament without a vote, in what critics have branded a “denial of democracy”.

Brilliant. Inventive. Devilish.

Brasília (AFP) - Slashed canvas on a modern masterpiece, graffiti spray-painted on statues, a smashed Louis XIV clock: the horde of supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro who invaded Brasilia's hubs of power at the weekend ransacked everything in their path, including priceless works of art. 

The footwear at the heart of the age-old panto tale is a satirical jibe at fashionista king Louis XIV’s obsession with ornamental glass and impractical aristocratic styles

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brain-teasers for future quizzes

François de Mazières, Versailles’s mayor since 2008, is a big fan of bicycles and architecture. He was re-elected for a third term in 2020, as an independent on a ‘divers droite’ (miscellaneous rightwing) ticket. He’s leading a crusade against ugliness in the city’s built environment and against its rightwing reputation