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How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to think about it every day. Given his frequent references to Roman antiquity, I think we can take him at his word.

Breathing life into the story of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was never going to be easy, especially for an Englishman. Director Ridley Scott’s version incorporates masterful battles scenes with a tortured love story between Napoleon and Josephine. After its worldwide release on Wednesday, it seems the war of the film…

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic is released next week, but from birthplace to battlefields you can still follow in Bonaparte’s mighty footsteps

This is a two-and-a-half-hour spectacle that translates brutal history through Scott’s brawny, cannily modern style

As the National Portrait Gallery prepares for its grand reopening this week, critics, artists and curators pick their favourite works from 500 years of portraiture

In this new series, our writers introduce us to a favourite painting.

The Palace of Versailles has reopened the freshly restored Jeu de Paume Room that witnessed the first steps towards French democracy in 1789. Used as a storeroom, a games room and a long since-abandoned museum about the Revolution, the building has finally been given the makeover it deserves to bring…