The appeal of this 16in (40.5cm) tall French silvered bronze of a ballerina offered at Wotton Auction Rooms (21% buyer’s premium) on May 23, undoubtedly owed much of its success to its provenance.

The 18th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. It left Australia in early May, trained in Egypt from mid-June until mid-August, and on 22 ...

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The liberal pundit was hosting a book party at the Century, the private arts-and-letters club she’d joined during the pandemic, for her friend and fellow Centurion the media critic Margaret ...

The show spans the 17th and 18th centuries, covering the reigns of Louis XIV (who founded the French Academy of Sciences in 1666), Louis XV and Louis XVI (who was executed in 1793 during the ...

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And every week, in a throwback to a time before wristwatches and cellphones, clock winders roam the halls — ensuring the century-plus-old timekeepers keep ticking. On a recent morning, Bethany Gill ...

hundreds of antique clocks that are still need to be wound by hand. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Why not use ocean water to fight wildfires? Review: This rechargeable reading lamp is functional ...

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