The Amber Room was a particular highlight for recent ... which also includes Alexander Park and its namesake palace. Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house ...

The entire room was disassembled and transported to St. Petersburg, where it was rebuilt in the Catherine Palace, where it remained until WWII. Peter then expanded and renovated the room until it ...

Embraced by the world’s best memory athletes, the “method of loci” can also help the rest of us strengthen our recall, heal ...

Nearly six months after Justin Welby stepped down, it is time the Church of England assembled a conclave to choose his ...

Visitors can choose from some 250,000 objects and have it delivered to a room for a free, private viewing. Read more at ...

Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, afternoon tea — and a Jack the Ripper tour. Every night, hundreds of tourists retrace the supposed steps of Jack the Ripper — an unidentified serial killer who ...

Let’s have us a list of royal bad habits then. Prince Philip couldn’t pass up a spot of racially-tinged foot-in-mouth-itis. The late Queen had an untold pile of $900 scarves. Both King Charles and ...

Catherine the Great founded the museum that ... bones to chunks of Athens’ Parthenon, from whole Assyrian palace rooms to exquisite gold jewels. Main attractions: The Egyptian gallery boasts ...

The Princess of Wales has pulled out of a planned appearance at Royal Ascot at the last minute. The Princess was due to make ...

Behind the stately façades of Britain’s grandest historical homes and royal residences lies a catalogue of chaos. From ...

Every June the sovereign gets their official birthday parade, Trooping the Colour, which clogs the more touristy bits of St James’s and this year, despite the usual circus of horse flesh and red ...

Imagine being able to visit a museum and examine up close thousand-year-old pottery, revel alone in jewellery from centuries ...