Stylish shopping: Prix Versailles reveals world’s most beautiful emporiums for 2026
Seven retail locations from around the world have been chosen by Prix Versailles as the world’s most beautiful emporiums in 2026. Read More
Taylor Swift wedding rumours: Are the upcoming nuptials this week?
Megastar Taylor Swift is reportedly set to tie the knot with Travis Kelce at the end of this week… Or is she? Here’s everything you need to know about the…
First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery
A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, shedding new light on how these animals spread across the southern…
‘Michael’ overtakes ‘Oppenheimer’ to become highest-grossing biopic of all time
This year’s Michael Jackson biopic also became top-grossing music biopic after surpassing 2018’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ earlier this month. Read More
Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal
The Manifesto Library is located inside Livraria Lello in Porto, and is dedicated to books “that challenge power, censorship, exclusion, and dominant narratives.” Read More
‘Blazing Saddles’ named funniest film of all time by AFI as Mel Brooks turns 100
Mel Brooks, who turned 100 on Sunday 28 June, has been honoured by the American Film Institute, which named his 1974 Western satire the “funniest film of all time” –…
Madonna, Legally Blonde and Ai Weiwei: What to see, do or hear this week in Europe
A pinker than pink Elle Woods prequel, an Ai Weiwei exhibition, and a new Madonna album – here’s what to look out for this week. Read More
Spanish film archive sets out to reconstruct Orson Welles’s lifelong ‘Quixote’
The Spanish institution is joining forces with the Cinémathèque Française, Italy’s Cineteca Nazionale and Munich’s Filmmuseum to recover lost footage from a legendary shoot that unfolded over 30 years in…
After 49 years of struggle, Spain leads LGBTIQ+ inclusion: inside the first Pride march
It was 1977, two years after Franco’s death, when a group of people made history for Spain’s LGTBIQ+ community by marching on Barcelona’s Ramblas after years in the shadows. Read…
Second World War ‘hell ship’ found in Philippines with over 1,000 prisoners
Divers have found the wreck of the Hofuku Maru off Luzon in the Philippines. The Japanese freighter sank in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied POWs; a digitised military file finally…