During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...

The history of the world is far deeper, broader, and stranger than just political backstabbing, epic battles, and dusty ...

PTA chairman David Davis said: "In Edwardian days, collecting postcards was seen by many to be the main hobby in the country." The association has decided to mark its significant birthday with a ...

Postcard from Cannes #3: Surfing a wave of French cinematic nostalgia American director Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Sylvain Chomet’s Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol – both of which ...

American director Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Sylvain Chomet’s Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol – both of which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend – prove that the art of making ...

Over a hundred postcards have been "secretly" delivered to addresses across the city for residents to "treasure." Earlier this week, the ECHO reported how a fascinating postcard which was written ...

Edward Gorey’s work, distinctly Edwardian, was never gory. True, he populated his curious tales with stoic victims of misfortune — among the childhood fatalities alphabetized in 1963’s “The ...

Painting of a reclining cat (Credit: Courtesy of the Edwardian Postcard Project, Lancaster University) "Some things persist across generations and media, and depictions of cats are one of those ...

The fusion of violence and pleasure defined the painter’s life and work. By John Banville Is Francis Bacon the most overrated painter of the 20th century? No, surely that dubious accolade must go to ...