The bars reserved exclusively for MPs and peers – in the deeper recesses of the ancient building – such as the Pugin Room or the Members' Smoking Room (which is now non-smoking) may have the feel of a ...

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The enduringly popular colour has been splashed across churches, mosques, shop fronts and even homes while some cities, like ...

For decades, babies in Georgia were stolen from their mothers and illegally sold for adoption. Tamuna Museridze has dedicated ...

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The old prejudice against German Jews ... as well as by a wooden row of barracks in the front courtyard, in which all comers are expertly frisked—obviously had a theatre in mind, complete ...