Arts & Culture
Pink Star: Most valuable diamond up for sale at record $60 million in Geneva
Pink Star, a flawless 59.6-carat pink diamond will be auctioned in the Swiss city of Geneva at a record asking price of $60 million,...
World’s smallest printed book on display at National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh
World’s smallest printed book, no bigger than a grain of rice, is part of a new exhibition of miniature books at the National Library...
Malala Yousafzai portrait by Jonathan Yeo to go on display at National Portrait Gallery in London
Malala Yousafzai portrait by Jonathan Yeo is to go on display for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The 16-year-old educational...
Sunset at Montmajour: Unknown Vincent van Gogh painting identified
A previously unknown Vincent van Gogh painting has been identified by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Sunset at Montmajour - which depicts trees, bushes...
Burning Man 2013 ends in blaze after record-breaking crowds attended this year festival
The 27th annual Burning Man festival in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert comes to a close today after a week of fiery excess. A record-breaking...
Chimp Brent wins $10,000 prize in Humane Society art competition
Chimp Brent, who paints with his tongue, has won a $10,000 prize in a chimpanzee art competition in US. Brent, 37, created a delicate, vibrantly...
Burning Man Festival 2013: Nearly 70,000 people descend in Black Rock Desert in Nevada
Burning Man Festival, the annual art, music and everything-else event, currently taking place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, is the most popular...
Brooklyn Labor Day Parade 2013: Times and parade route
Millions of New Yorkers will line up along Eastern Parkway for the Brooklyn Labor Day parade on Monday, September 2, 2013. This year, the West...
Vladimir Putin underwear painting removed from St Petersburg art gallery
Russian police have seized a painting depicting President Vladimir Putin in women's underwear from an art gallery in St Petersburg. The portrait features President Vladimir...
Notting Hill Carnival 2013: London police join Europe’s largest street party
Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's largest street party, erupted into a full blaze of color for a second day with hundreds of thousands lining the...
Peter Leonard: Elmore Leonard’s son to complete his father’s last novel
Elmore Leonard’s son Peter has said he hopes to complete his father's last novel. Elmore Leonard, whose books included Get Shorty and Out of Sight,...
Crime writer Elmore Leonard dies aged 87
Crime novelist Elmore Leonard, author of Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Out of Sight, has died at the age of 87. A statement on his...
Mona Lisa: Florence tomb opened to extract model’s DNA
Italian scientists have opened a Florence tomb to extract DNA they hope will identify the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The tomb contains...
American tourist breaks finger off priceless statue at Florence museum
An American tourist has broken off the finger of a 14th-Century statue in the Italian city of Florence. A security guard saw the man touching...
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s list of 22 books everyone should read
F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely acclaimed as being one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, but little has been known about...
JK Rowling accepts charity donation from Russells Solicitors over pseudonym leak
JK Rowling has accepted a substantial charity donation from the law firm that revealed she was writing under a pseudonym. The Harry Potter author brought...
JK Rowling angry as legal firm Russells Solicitors leaked her pseudonym
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she feels "very angry" after finding out her pseudonym Robert Galbraith was leaked by a legal firm. JK...
The Cuckoo’s Calling: JK Rowling’s secret crime novel tops book charts
The Cuckoo's Calling - JK Rowling's "secret" crime novel - has topped book charts after it was revealed she had written it under a...
JK Rowling publishes crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling under pseudonym Robert Galbraith
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has secretly written a crime novel - The Cuckoo's Calling - under the guise of male debut writer Robert...
Brian May to find out why Freddie Mercury estate complained about Go Go Gorilla
Brian May has announced he plans to "find out" why the Freddie Mercury estate complained about Go Go Gorilla on a Norwich conservation art...
Freddie Mercury Radio Go Go Gorilla removed from Millennium Plain after copyright complaint
Freddie Mercury Radio Go Go Gorilla, a gorilla sculpture painted as the late musician, has been removed from a public art trail in Norwich,...
Glastonbury Festival History
Glastonbury Festival has survived riots, fires, mud swamps in its action-packed 43-year-history. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a performing arts festival that...
Summer Solstice: Stonehenge Pagan Festivals
Solstice, or Litha, means a stopping or standing still of the sun. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and is celebrated...
Berlin begins reconstruction of King Frederick the Great’s palace
Berlin has begun the reconstruction of what was once one of the world's grandest buildings, King Frederick the Great's palace. Some parts of the original...
Oprah Winfrey donates $12 million to National Museum of African American History and Culture
Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey is donating $12 million towards a new museum in Washington DC dedicated to African American history. After previously giving $1 million...
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