It was eerily fitting that all that remained yesterday of the Dutch birthplace of the infamous first World War spy, Mata Hari, after a weekend fire, was a bronze statue in the street outside depicting ...

Dutch media reported that one man died in the blaze that broke out in the Frisian city of Leeuwarden, about 140 kilometres north of Amsterdam. It destroyed several buildings, including the one where ...

Mata Hari stepped out as if dressed for dinner with one of her many lovers. Black ­stockings peeked over the top of her knee-length boots, a fur-lined ­velvet cloak hung from her shoulders. But the ...

She was the daughter of a British lord and an Indian princess, she told suitors, and counted among her many lovers the crown prince of Germany. She was Indonesian, she told others, and had learned her ...

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The French Government is considering a request to re-open the case of Mata Hari, the Dutch-born erotic dancer who charmed her way into European society before being shot as a spy in World War I. Two ...

Acclaimed British director, Roland Joffe is currently in Indonesia scouting locations in which to shoot a TV mini series. The fact-based historical series will focus on Mata Hari, the Dutch woman, who ...

On this day in 1917, Mata Hari was sentenced to death in Paris for allegedly spying on Germany’s behalf during World War I. Was she really a secret agent or just a scapegoat? On 25 July, 1917, the ...

Seems crazy that Marilyn Monroe died over 50 years ago—that’s how relevant she remains in our pop culture. Every time Vanity Fair features new Monroe images, readers flock. Even more revealing than ...

The house in the Netherlands in which exotic dancer and WWI spy Mata Hari was born has been destroyed in a fire. One person was killed by the fire on Saturday evening as it engulfed several buildings ...