Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her dramatic trial.

Notable appearances in culture: Alongside the plum, orchid and bamboo, the chrysanthemum is one of the four key plants (known ...

We are in Paris, and Violetta is a famous courtesan… this is a love story between Violetta and her young lover Alfredo,” he says. “They go off to the country together and have a beautiful life, but ...

Moving "from the slums to the exclusive salons", Brassaï captured the brothels, gay bars and backstreets of Paris's hazy ...

Asha Bhosle, the Indian singer whose astonishing range and longevity made her one of the most recorded voices in modern ...

Asha Bhosle, the Indian singer whose astonishing range and longevity made her one of the most recorded voices in modern ...

The influence of 'Gilda' looms large across all film noir. And now it's finally received a gilded Criterion Blu-ray release.

He is best known as the author of ‘Devdas’, but it is in his anti-colonial novel ‘Pather Dabi’ that readers witness an ...

Science fiction didn't originate on television, but it's certainly one of the most important genres associated with the ...

Asha Bonsle is dead. In the constant churning of outrage news factories on social media, when this news broke Sunday, our ...

Asha Bhosle's journey from living in the shadow of tradition to being the vanguard of a musical rebellion defined an era.

A one-of-a-kind York shop is to close after 50 years in business in one of the city's top locations.