Felipe VI presents 2025 Joan Margarit Poetry Prize to Margaret Atwood in Toronto
The head of state is using his visit to Canada to honour the author of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in person, 18 years after bestowing on her the Princess of Asturias…
Agatha Christie’s Poirot is returning to the screen with new series in production
Talk about big shoes to fill… Or should that be, a powerfully dainty moustache to sport? Read More
Michael Bay to direct Iran movie about Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury
The film will be based on journalist Mitchell Zuckoff’s forthcoming book and will chronicle the rescue mission of two downed American pilots in Iran. Here’s why it already sounds like…
Volunteers create collection of audio stories for blind children
The ‘Words that Embrace’ project is an initiative by writer Maria Saraiva de Menezes, born of a partnership between Alcântara Municipal Library in Lisbon and the Bengala Mágica association. Read…
International Tea Day: Jamming it up with Azerbaijan’s enduring tea ritual
To mark International Tea Day, Nadira Tudor stopped for a brew in Azerbaijan where the history of sharing a cuppa is shaped by a particular pairing defined by tradition and…
South Korea: cubism opens new Centre Pompidou outpost in Seoul
Through the French museum’s “Constellation” programme, works will be loaned to Seoul for four years, matching its deal with the Hanwha Cultural Foundation and giving the Pompidou Centre a new…
South Korea: cubism launches Korean branch of Centre Pompidou
Through the French museum’s Constellation programme, works will be loaned to Seoul for four years under a deal with the Hanwha Cultural Foundation, giving the Centre Pompidou new scope to…
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar calls Trump, Netanyahu and Putin ‘monsters’ in Cannes
Pedro Almodóvar is in Cannes today for his new film ‘Bitter Christmas’. During a press conference, he stated that Europeans must become a “shield” against “monsters” Trump, Netanyahu and Putin.…
Botero sold his first work for two packs of cigarettes: now up for auction in Bogotá
‘La Plegaria’ (1949), the watercolour Fernando Botero swapped for two packets of cigarettes early in his career, is being auctioned in Bogotá with over 120 works by Latin American artists.…
Everything you need to know about Stephen Colbert’s final show and the end of The Late Show
This Thursday marks the end of an era for The Late Show – a beloved US cultural touchstone which is about to disappear. Here’s everything you need to know about…