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Quote of the day by Napoleon Bonaparte: 'The throne is only a piece of wood covered with velvet. What gives it power is the imagination of men' and how true strength resides in the minds of those who believe

Napoleon Bonaparte grasped that real power emerges from the collective imagination and faith of the people. He realized that symbols, like thrones, lack intrinsic authority. This principle of shared belief is fundamental to today’s economies and political structures. When public trust wanes, it leads to the depreciation of institutions and…

The Times of India

I've Covered 47 Open Championships, Including Six At Royal Birkdale. I Know Where I'll Be Putting My Money

Editor-at-large Bill Elliott reflects on Birkdale Opens past, the recent course changes and, of course, who might get their hands on the coveted Claret Jug

Golf Monthly

Why impressionists loved to paint gardens

Dahlias thrust their colours skywards; hollyhocks frame a child at play; peasants tend cabbages; water lilies dot the surface of a pond. The “impressionist garden” captures all of these moments and more.

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Louvre jewel theft: Belgian lead revives investigation

French investigators have now shifted their sights to Belgium after a crucial analysis of suspicious phone records. An update on the extraordinary manhunt after one of the most daring art heists in history at the Paris Louvre, the world's most visited museum.

Euronews

Lovejoy episode helps antiques dealer identify stolen Napoleon III artefacts

Repeat of BBC series gave clue to Paul Gostelow about 19th-century altar cards taken from crypt in Hampshire

The Guardian - UK

How a classic British TV show helped return missing plaques

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The Independent UK

Lovejoy episode helps antiques dealer spot plaques stolen from Napoleon III tomb

Paul Gostelow identified a motif on the prayer frames, which were taken in a burglary at a Hampshire monastery in 2014.

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Antiques dealer spots stolen Napoleon III crypt plaques on 30-year-old episode of Lovejoy

Hampshire Constabulary has since returned two of the plaques

The Independent UK

Louvre says crown crushed during heist can be restored

The crown of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, which had 1,354 diamonds, is largely intact and will be carefully repaired

The Independent UK

Eight fairytale French chateaux with dozens of rooms and land on sale for the price of a London terraced house

For those struggling with the London market, there’s always the fairytale fantasy of life in a French castle

Evening Standard

Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books in latest disaster for crisis-hit museum

Hundreds of historic works from Egyptian antiquities department destroyed just weeks after €88m jewel heist

The Independent UK

How the Louvre jewel robbery gave a German ladder firm a golden lift

German lift manufacturer, Böcker, turned to social media when they spotted their ladder used in the Louvre theft. In a post, the firm said: "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min — quiet as a whisper."

Euronews

Security questions raised after Louvre heist of 'unsaleable' royal jewels

On Sunday, shortly after the Louvre opened, four burglars made away with eight pieces of jewellery once belonging to French royalty, fleeing the museum on scooters. While experts say the priceless items will be impossible to sell in their current condition, questions are also being raised over security failings and…

Radio France Internationale

Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The theft of these items from one of the world’s most…

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What Will The Louvre Thieves Do With Their Priceless Loot? Shocking Plan Revealed

A daring seven-minute heist at Paris's Louvre Museum left France reeling as thieves escaped with royal jewels worth millions. Experts now fear the priceless loot could vanish forever. Here's what might happen to the stolen treasures.

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Louvre Thieves Make Off With Millions In Stolen Jewellery After Broad-Daylight Heist

One $60 million crown was dropped and broken as the thieves made their getaway.

The Independent UK

Everything that was stolen in the daring Louvre heist

The heist has been branded ‘the theft of the decade’

International Business Times UK

Louvre Museum Heist: How Did Thieves Pull Off the Perfect Crime in Broad Daylight?

French police are hunting a gang of experienced thieves who stole eight rare jewels from the Louvre Museum in broad daylight.

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The Guardian - UK

How the Louvre museum robbery happened in video, photographs and maps

Eight pieces stolen, but crown of Napoleon III’s wife dropped by the fleeing thieves

The Independent UK

Forget Paris: Five overlooked French cities you can reach by high-speed train (from just $13)

While Paris steals an understandably large portion of the limelight, US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill reveals other French treasures that make for captivating vacation destinations

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These 13 French Coins Are Worth Thousands, Including One up to $456K

If you're lucky enough to come across the right coin, you could become nearly half-a-million dollars richer.

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

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

France has a new government. Can it solve the New Caledonia crisis after months of deadly unrest?

Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest

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