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‘Let them eat cake’: Promises of future nuclear, wind and solar power ‘like Marie Antoinette’

The ripple effects of concurrent crises are leading the world on a path to crushing hunger — and the possibility of more war.

Kate Ng plates up 15 of the most delicious food scenes ever seen on screen

We sat down with Jehanne Rousseau CEO of Spiders and lead writer on Steelrising and GreedFall and discussed intricate robots and Paris and a setting in action, RPG Steelrising

Antoinette's whole persona has also become a meme. "Excessive" men, however, have not received the same treatment

Comparisons to the French queen abound whenever a female figure is drawn into controversy, writes Madeleine Pelling

The hashtag #CarrieAntoinette, which compares prime minister Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie Johnson to the French queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), has been criticised as sexist. Commentators feel it relies on gender stereotypes and distracts from unfolding political events.

Emerging artist Erika Sorby opens her show, Women and Wine, at Blackstone Gallery this weekend. The exhibit presents a series of original, contemporary oil paintings that encompasses female sensuality, flattering decor and wine. The exhibition launch is from 3 to 6pm on Saturday, April 9. The show features about 50…

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history. Dhaka muslin was stitched from threads so fine that popular folklore in European parlors held that a change in the light or…

Quite how long Conservative MPs and the British public will continue to indulge the prime minister is unclear, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde