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This week's Free Will Astrology prompts one sign to consider wedded bliss and another to delve into the history of forks.

Les fleurs du mal (‘The Flowers of Evil’) by Charles Baudelaire caused a sensation upon its publication in 1857: its author was promptly prosecuted and fined for ‘insulting public decency’.

Les fleurs du mal (‘The Flowers of Evil’) by Charles Baudelaire caused a sensation upon its publication in 1857: its author was promptly prosecuted and fined for ‘insulting public decency’.

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One of her favourites was a quite usually attributed to the 19th century French poet, Charles Baudelaire. “The Devil’s greatest trick is to convince the world he doesn't exist,” she would ...

Once inextricably linked with art, rebellion and madness, and infamously banned in the early 20th century, absinthe is ...

Shahnaz Habib's "Airplane Mode" explores the history of travel with personal anecdotes and reflections on the industry.

Frock coat, tall hat, ‘gone-bad, luminous look’. Risen from the pages of Enid Starkie’s Life, here was her hero of heroes, Charles Baudelaire, and he was staring right at her: ‘He wanted to impress ...

John Akomfrah’s visually impressive film Mimesis: African Soldier is a flawed but thoughtful tribute to immense sacrifice, writes Susan Mansfield ...

If you're partial to any of the cemetery tenants, which include Jean-Paul Sartre, Charles Baudelaire, Simone de Beauvoir and Guy de Maupassant, among others, you can pay them your respects or ...