Cosimo de’ Medici, known as Cosimo the Elder (1389–1464), was the founder of the Medici dynasty and one of the most influential figures in the 15th-century Florence. A banker and statesman, Cosimo was ...

We begin from the roots of the Medici family history, with Cosimo the Elder in the 1430s, visiting the quiet Convent of San Marco - the first example of the Medici’s great patronage of the arts and ...

The death of Isabella de’ Medici, favourite daughter of Cosimo, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was as squalid as her life had been glittering. She was strangled in a particularly unpleasant and elaborate way ...

An upcoming documentary profiles the photographer’s career and his enduring fascination with British life. Martin Parr has always divided opinion. Like a true British icon, you either love him or hate ...

And with darkly good timing, we have I’m Still Here, the Oscar-nominated portrait of Brazil in 1971 ... (Salles is careful what he shows us in a de facto torture centre: enough to suggest ...

In 1971, engineer and former congressman Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) enjoys a prosperous life in Rio de Janeiro ... Walter Salles delivers a sensitive portrait of Eunice Paiva's family life ...

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and Alessio Assonitis discusses ‘The Invention of Cosimo I de’ Medici’ on February 26. The Jazz al British series sees Stefano Maurizi and Mirco Mariottini perform a piano and clarinet concert on ...

Prime Minister Modi celebrated India's space achievements during his 'Mann Ki Baat' address, highlighting ISRO's 100th rocket launch and other milestones. He also announced that inspiring women ...

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