Arts & Culture
Tony Award 2013 Winners: Full List
The 67th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 9, 2013, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2012–2013 season. The ceremony was held...
Nikolai Tsiskaridze axed by Bolshoi after Sergei Filin acid attack row
The Bolshoi has announced it will not renew the contract of veteran dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who has been in open conflict with the theatre...
Iain Banks dies aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer
Scottish writer Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said. The author revealed in April...
German language loses longest word following EU law change
The German language has lost its longest word following a change in the law to conform with EU regulations. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz - meaning "law delegating beef...
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy to be published on October 10
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Helen Fielding’s first novel in 14 years, is to be published later this year. The novel is Helen Fielding's...
Chinua Achebe funeral held in Nigeria
Thousands of mourners are attending the funeral of renowned author Chinua Achebe in his Nigerian home town of Ogidi in Anambra state. Chinua Achebe's body arrived...
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien’s Auctions
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by...
Arne Svenson: TriBeCa residents threaten to sue artist for secretly photographed them in their own apartments
Residents at a luxury TriBeCa apartment block in Lower Manhattan are very furious after discovering that artist Arne Svenson, who is their neighbor at...
Monika Pon-su-san: The Chinese Girl in Vladimir Tretchikoff’s painting
Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1 million ($1.5 million) at...
Bob Brozman suicide: Guitarist and ethnomusicologist found dead aged 59 at his Santa Cruz home
Guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23. Bob Brozman’s...
Harper Lee sues literary agent Samuel Pinkus over To Kill A Mockingbird copyright
Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright...
1913 Liberty Head nickel sells for $3.17 million at Heritage auction in Chicago
A century-old US five-cent coin, once branded a fake, has been sold for $3.17 million at a Heritage auction in Chicago. The 1913 Liberty Head...
Iain Banks writes on Banksophilia about astounding messages of support over his terminal cancer
Author Iain Banks has said the messages of support he has received from fans since announcing he has terminal cancer have been "astounding". On 3...
Umayyad Mosque minaret destroyed in Aleppo clashes
The minaret of Umayyad Mosque, one of Syria's most famous, has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. The state news agency...
Storm Thorgerson dead: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album designer dies aged 69
Storm Thorgerson, who designed Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album cover, has died aged 69, the band's management has confirmed. A childhood...
Bay Psalm Book: First book printed in America expected to fetch $30 million
The Bay Psalm Book - the first book printed in America - is expected to fetch up to $30 million when it goes under...
Princie Diamond: world’s top pink diamond sold for $39.3 million at New York auction
Princie, one of the largest pink diamonds in the world, has been sold at Christie’s auction in New York for more than $39.3 million. The...
Pulitzer Prize 2013: Adam Johnson wins fiction prize for North Korea novel The Orphan Master’s Son
Author Adam Johnson has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son. In 2012, judges failed...
Pope John Paul II giant statue to be unveiled in Poland
A giant statue of Pope John Paul II is to be unveiled on a hill above the city of Czestochowa in southern Poland. The statue...
Maria Tallchief, New York prima ballerina, dies at 88
Maria Tallchief, one of America's first great prima ballerinas who gave life to such works as The Nutcracker and Firebird, has died at the...
Hopi tribe masks auction goes ahead in Paris
An auction of masks originating from Native American Hopi tribe in Arizona has begun in Paris, after a legal challenge to stop the sale...
Louvre closed due to pickpockets
The Louvre Museum in Paris did not open on Wednesday due to a strike organized by staff protesting over pickpockets. Staff at one of the...
Metropolitan Museum of Art receives $1 billion Cubist art donation from Leonard Lauder
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has received a $1 billion donation of Cubist art from Estee Lauder heir, Leonard Lauder. Leonard Lauder,...
Pablo Neruda remains to be exhumed in murder probe
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s remains are to be exhumed, forensic experts have announced. Chilean authorities want to establish whether Pablo Neruda died of cancer or...
Movie Star News Collection: The largest collection of old Hollywood photography on auction at Guernsey’s
Movie Star News Collection, one of the largest collections of old Hollywood photographs, has been gone up for auction this week. Guernsey's auction house in...
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