I love maps. Sometimes they present information in a vivid and memorable way. So it was when I saw a map about words in European languages that derive from Arabic. […] ...

My love affair with the Mediterranean began decades ago, when I was backpacking around Greece, living on Greek salad and pine-fragranced retsina wine and swimming in the sea at midnight under a full ...

October ushers in the fall, and many are eager to chase the late summer to capture the last feelings of summer before the ...

Prince Salina knew that “if we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change”. On Pantelleria, one of Italy’s most remote islands, time seems to have taken that line quite literally. The ...

Members of New York’s underworld were only too happy to help, and the collaboration proved a success. Frank Costello, the acting boss of the so-called National Commission—a sort of governing board of ...

The brother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett has told how their mother spent her final days "slipping in and out of consciousness" repeating: "We never found him, did we?" Winnie Johnson, 78, died ...

If you're dreaming of living in Italy, a new one euro house program in Naro, Sicily, may be what you're looking for. Here's what to know about €1 homes.

Garibaldi emerged from the Second War of Italian Unification frustrated with politicians but more famous than ever. After ...

Roman dream of building structure over strait of Messina has been revived by officials, despite claims it is unworkable and protests from locals For more than 2,000 years, it has been an obsessive ...

Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were stolen from his Sicilian hometown on Saturday after surviving earthquakes and centuries of history. Crooks took them while locals celebrated a ...

The works, by Antonello da Messina, were taken as the Sicilian city of Messina held a religious celebration. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Four paintings by the Renaissance master ...

The West Highland Line connects Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands, with stops in destinations like Oban, Fort William, and Mallaig. During the ride, travelers can take in dazzling views of the ...