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How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order

In 1867, the world’s most powerful statesmen, including Austria’s Emperor Franz Josef, France’s Napoleon III and US secretary of state, William H. Seward, petitioned the Mexican government to spare the life of a condemned man.

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2025

Voices: Macron’s Notre-Dame reopening is an ode to history in a Europe with no clear future

COMMENT: Despite Notre-Dame’s return as the spiritual centre of Paris, its reconstruction is a tribute to former glories rather than a sign that France or Europe is enjoying a renaissance, Mark Almond writes

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024

New Caledonia marks anniversary of French colonization with tight security and simmering tensions

New Caledonia has marked the anniversary of its French colonization with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities are investigating suspects behind deadly unrest

The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into deadly unrest that has left seven people dead and significant destruction in the Pacific archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

France to lift state of emergency in efforts to allow political dialogue in riot-hit New Caledonia

French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia

The Independent UK · May 27, 2024

Violent Unrest Erupts In New Caledonia, Curfew Imposed

Authorities in New Caledonia implement curfew and gathering ban amid violent unrest over voting reforms. Tensions between pro-independence Kanaks and Europ...

Top News · May 14, 2024

Napoleon: ignore the griping over historical details, Ridley Scott's film is a meditation on the madness of power

While Ridley Scott’s Napoleon has been causing consternation among some historians, they are overlooking the fact that the historical record does actually support the film’s narrative in terms of one man taking power and shaping a new order during times of revolution and chaos.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2023

Is Southport the 'Paris of the North' after Coronation Street claims

Once crowned Emperor Napoleon III, it is rumoured that he ordered his architect to replicate the boulevard in industrial Parisian streets. Thus, the connection between the two areas was born

Liverpool Echo · Jun 25, 2023

The masterpieces kept in royal palaces out of sight of British public

Questions raised over status of royal collection –the last European royal art collection still mostly in hands of sovereign

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

Seven weird facts about Southport - from buried streets to Nazi bombers

The town is full of history - both interesting and bizarre

Liverpool Echo · Mar 25, 2023