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As the conditional exemption scheme intended to protect objects of national importance gains traction, Josh Spero ...

A mix of sympathetic colours and elegant furniture has brought new life to this impressive space at Aldourie Castle.

There was Big Bird Energy all over the runways this season. But how did feathers become a symbol of luxury in the first place?

Cincinnati collections house books bound in human skin. The books gained the attention of John Hancock and George Washington.

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Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, is the self-declared “president” of the “Free Republic of Verdis,” located on a patch of land in the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia.

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IN THE EARLY 19th century, the extension of roadways and the development of stagecoach services within Cheshire County and ...