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Visit designed in part as show of friendship to reset UK-French relationship after Brexit years

From Mae West’s white satin to Tina Turner’s showstopping flame dress and Elton John’s Louis XIV look, the definition of diva is taken to the limit in a show where tragedy lurks among the glitter

The performance of three cantatas by forgotten French composer Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, once a favourite of Louis XIV, was welcome

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.

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