Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.

Designed by French architect Louis Gilbert in the 1890s, the 12-bedroom villa—dubbed Le Beau Chêne—features elaborate Louis XIII-style stone and brickwork with turrets, Juliet balconies, and a ...

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where dancer and activist Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Baker, the ...

Iconic Jazz Age performer Josephine Baker left America for France in the Roaring Twenties. The first Black woman to star in a major film, the entertainer and activist landed just west of Paris and ...

At historically Black colleges and universities, halftime is when audience members rush back to their seats for the real show. The drum majors are stars, of course, but sharing the spotlight are ...

The actor, who will celebrate his 92nd birthday in January, headed to Hole Park, Kent on Monday 10th November 2025 for the investiture of his MBE, which he received for services to television. Taking ...

The bride and her family argue that her older sister should make the cake free of charge because "family helps family" and it could double as her wedding gift Redditors agreed with the baker's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield might have been mocking Tommy DeVito. He might have been honoring the Giants quarterback, as Mayfield said. It was hard to tell by Mayfield's postgame comments.

127 x 101.6 cm. (50 x 40 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...