Arts & Culture

Top Ten Skyscrapers 2012: 8 Spruce Street wins this year Emporis Skyscraper Award

The top ten skyscrapers of the year were named yesterday with a stunning New York residential block taking top spot.…

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Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut aged 91

Jazz legend and composer Dave Brubeck has died in Connecticut hospital, aged 91. The musician, whose recordings included Take Five…

12 years ago

Kennedy Center Honors 2012: Barack Obama honors seven of the most influential artists in US

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were in fine form during Sunday night’s Kennedy Center Honors, laughing and…

12 years ago

Leonardo Da Vinci’s lost copy of Battle of Anghiari found by Italian police

Italian specialist art theft police have tracked down and brought home a 400-year-old copy of a lost Leonardo Da Vinci…

12 years ago

Napoleon’s Kremlin letter sold at Paris auction for 15,000 euros

An 1812 letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte in which he vows to blow up the Kremlin has been sold at…

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn: the book that shook the Soviet Union

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was published 50 years ago this month. A…

12 years ago

Charlie Chaplin’s hat and cane sold for $62,500 at LA auction

Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction…

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Kate Moss tattoo inked by Lucian Freud above her bottom

Kate Moss has revealed her supermodel body is quite literally a work of art – as she has a tattoo…

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Judy Garland’s Wizard of Oz dress sold for $480,000

Judy Garland’s dress worn in the Wizard of Oz has sold for $480,000 at auction in Beverly Hills. The price…

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Mick Jagger’s letter to Marsha Hunt go on auction in London

Mick Jagger’s handwritten love letters to his former lover Marsha Hunt will go on the auction in London next month.…

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