In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case.

In 1977, France carried out its final execution using the guillotine, a device associated with the French Revolution. The execution occurred behind prison walls, far from public view, yet it sparked ...

Braude, whose last book (“Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris”) featured some of the same real-life characters ...

On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine in Paris, a moment that changed the course of the French Revolution and sent shockwave ...

As the New Yorker’s correspondent in Paris, Janet Flanner initially focused on society gossip. The specter of war was in the ...

The “Gilded Age” star takes on the Where to Eat questionnaire.

Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the French aristocracy that he was the royal couple’s long-lost progeny. Some ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found. It’s not ...

Social trust plays an important role in society. In the United States, people who trust others are more likely to help their neighbors or friends in times of need and have greater confidence in ...

People Inc., one of the largest media publishers in the U.S., has signed an AI licensing deal with Microsoft. The media giant (formerly known as Dotdash Meredith) made the announcement Tuesday as a ...

Jonathan Bailey has been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025. The selection was unveiled Monday night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “It’s an honor of a lifetime,” Bailey said of ...