Under the city of love
A brief history of the Paris Catacombs By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff In the grand scheme of things, the catacombs beneath Paris are a relatively recent creation — younger, in fact, than most of its...
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New year, same drink
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff New Year’s Eve parties and Champagne toasts go hand-in-hand in the modern imagination, but though the beloved sparkling wine is now an institution, it had a long, forgotten history of...
Napoleonic
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s tempting to say that the new film Napoleon, from director Ridley Scott, which premiered in theaters just before Thanksgiving, comes at an apt time — given how many...
