The first major U.S. exhibition of Germany’s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. It’s also a blueprint for how to ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy ...

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.

Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, a rendering of which is now on display in the ...

A Victorian pub in central London has taken down a sign bearing a portrait of Prince Andrew after the Duke’s continued fall from grace made the embarrassment of association too much to bear.

The Princess of Wales has joined a group of primary school children on a trip to the National Portrait Gallery. Kate took a minibus with the reception class students and held hands with some of ...

so it is unsurprising that this little head carved from mammoth ivory is likely the earliest personal portrait in the world. Many artifacts from Dolní Vĕstonice, including this sculpted head ...

open image in gallery Angela Rayner was stripped from her role as chair and campaign coordinator after the party suffered a devastating loss in the Hartlepool by-election of May 2021. (PA Archive ...

Linda Nolan, who was passionate about music, ensured her funeral was filled with songs that held a special place in her heart. She had always admired her younger sister Bernie, who tragically died ...

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The Princess of Wales has shared a new portrait - taken by her six-year-old son, Prince Louis - ahead of World Cancer Day. In the photo, Kate is seen standing on a fallen tree trunk in the woods ...