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You only have until Fat Tuesday (March 1) to eat king cake, the blinged-out rings of dough marking Mardi Gras.

30 Apr 2021, 20:42 BST Louis XV’s Order of the Golden Fleece was one of the most lavish pieces of jewellery ever made. A replica created in 2010 based on an illustration gives a sense of its majesty. Containing famous stones like the French Blue and the Côte de Bretagne, it was stolen in 1792 and dismantled. Many of its components were lost, but the fate of others is known: The Côte de Bretagne was recovered and is held at the Louvre, and the French Blue is known today as the Hope Diamond. Photograph by MANUEL COHEN/AURIMAGES Known by awed gemologists simply as “the Blue,” the world...

by Tom BirchenoughTuesday, 19 January 2021 'Into the woods' will never feel the same again Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precious little to do with the triadic Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precious little to do with the triadic revolutionary slogan that swept away the French monarchy at the e...