Paris Olympics memorabilia sale raises more than €200,000 for charity
Items sold include Olympic torches, costumes and accessories from the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. All proceeds will be donated to charity. Read More
From spinning libraries to sustainable design: What turned heads at Milan’s Salone del Mobile
Milan’s Salone del Mobile, the world-renowned design fair, showcased cutting-edge furniture from 2,100 exhibitors across 37 countries, with highlights like Es Devlin’s stunning “Library of Light”. Read More
‘My Favourite Cake’ directors given suspended prison sentence in Iran for showing unveiled woman
‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran. The film’s heroine is seen without a headscarf, and the filmmakers were accused of…
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
Llosa was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat,” and won myriad…
Beloved British actress Jean Marsh, star of show ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’, dies aged 90
Jean Marsh was best known for her role as Rose in the show Upstairs, Downstairs, for which she won an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited series in…
Culture Agenda: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week
David Hockney’s largest ever exhibition, Michael B. Jordan’s vampire horror ‘Sinners’, the return of ‘Black Mirror’ and a book about a woman that fetishises airplanes — here’s what’s on this…
London’s V&A museum hosts major Cartier showcase with over 350 dazzling pieces
From royal tiaras worn at coronations to celebrity showstoppers on red carpets, a new exhibition at London’s V&A Museum is showcasing over a century of Cartier’s most iconic and extravagant…
Extraordinary discovery in Sardinia: dinosaur tracks found during filming of a documentary
Traces of a bipedal dinosaur from around 165 million years ago were found in Ogliastra during the filming of a documentary. The exceptional discovery sheds light on the animals that…
‘You can’t make a living writing books in Poland’: Royalty row erupts over bestseller’s earnings
A best-selling Polish author’s lawsuit against her publishing house has sparked a bitter battle over royalties with writers’ questioning what the outcome could spell for their future earnings. Read More
NASA removes graphic novel featuring female astronaut as Trump’s diversity purge continues
“First Woman” has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon. Read More