“I see Rhodes as the negative image of somebody like Nelson Mandela,” says writer and filmmaker Antony Thomas. “Rhodes had the charismatic gift where he could relate to anybody, whether you ...

With "The Colossus of Rhodes," a bold theatrical exploration of Victorian England's Cecil Rhodes, Carey Perloff can add playwright to her resume without blushing.

Despite its grandeur, the Colossus was not destined to stand the test of time. In 226 BC, a devastating earthquake struck ...

Although long gone, the Colossus of Rhodes remains a well-known symbol of the ancient world. Across the centuries, its memory has been kept alive by a variety of media, from poetry to painting ...

Cecil Rhodes, Colossus of Africa, Will Stay Up in Oxford Oriel College announced that it is rejecting a student drive to remove a statue of the controversial colonialist. By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier ...

Rhodes, Greece-The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. It is one of the ...

Just when many companies are thinking of pulling out of troubled Africa, one is busily building a business empire as big as any since the heyday of Cecil Rhodes’s British South Africa Company ...

Plenty compared him to the Greek ancient monument, the Colossus of Rhodes, which is believed to have stood around 108 feet high before it collapsed during an earthquake in 226 B.C.

But if the Colossus of Rhodes is resurrected, sailing into the island's harbor would be the experience of a lifetime—a real life version of cruising into Braavos. Source: Slate.

In the splendour of Westminster Hall and flanked by world leaders past and present, Nelson Mandela marked the centenary of the Rhodes Trust last night by putting his name to a new joint foundation ...