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Sotheby's Tolkien auction yields £103,680 on strong collector demand
A collection of JRR Tolkien's letters and books has sold for £103,680 at Sotheby's, signalling robust demand and premium pricing f…
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Bayeux Tapestry loan to London yields £2.5m in first-day sales
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for its first display in England since the 1070s, generating record ticket sales that un…
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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Moana' - A pointless waste of time and money
Disney continues to live-action remake their animated classics. 'Moana' is the latest - and youngest - to fall foul to a cynical s…
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Jenni Fagan: ‘Maya Angelou taught me that I owed myself hope’
The Scottish author on loving The Hobbit, fairytales, Frankenstein and the shock of A Clockwork Orange My earliest reading me…
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Indigenous rebels, migrant bravery and joyful dance: New York’s Latin American Foto Festival – in pictures
This month Bronx Documentary Center is hosting the ninth edition of the Latin American Foto Festival , on view in New York from 11…
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The story behind Iran’s only Van Gogh: ‘At Eternity’s Gate’
Once owned by a US vice president, the print was acquired by the Shah’s wife and is now at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
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Baby Rose: Yearnalism review – gloriously cinematic soul from the edge of emotional collapse
(Secretly Canadian) The US songwriter paints an impressively wide variety of shades on her third album, from vintage R&B to me…
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Wild Gods: The Glorious Abysmal review – truly fascinating songs born of tweed-beating and psychedelic trips
(Wren Cathedral) Inspired by communal Hebridean Gaelic song and ceremonial music, these reels and ballads reveal the fascinating p…
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‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’
After beating Leonard Cohen to Canada’s biggest music prize and splicing dembow with classical, the cross-cultural artist is now c…
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Mahler: Songs of Youth and Awakening album review – exuberance and intensity from fine cast of singers
Rennert/Konradi/Peter/Keenlyside/Middleton (Signum) This collection of songs that the composer wrote as a young man is full of int…
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Bayeux Tapestry reaches London after secret 11-hour journey
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in 1,000 years, a diplomatic loan from France that has already driven…
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Lucky and The Hawk: the seven best shows to stream this week
Anya Taylor-Joy is looking to break away from her criminal past with one last career-crowning heist, while Will Ferrell stars in a…
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Transcendent by Laverne Cox review – success against the odds
The actor and activist tells the story of her brutal childhood in the deep south with eloquence and defiance When Laverne Cox was …
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Legal profession's rigid culture challenged by women inspired by Legally Blonde
Women in the legal sector are rejecting traditional professionalism by drawing on a cinematic icon, a shift that is driving some t…
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TV tonight: the return of Sally Phillips and Ben Miller’s family sitcom
Love on the Spectrum’s Michael Theo also stars in Austin. Plus: Monty Don at the first ever RHS Badminton flower show. Here’s what…
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STV ends Aberdeen news as commercial pressures reshape regional media
STV's decision to centralise its northern Scotland news from Glasgow signals a broader retreat from regional broadcasting as comme…
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Britain's last postcard printer battles sales decline
English Heritage is attempting to revive the fading holiday postcard, a tradition whose decline has reduced Britain's last survivi…
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Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.
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‘It would be weird not to show the sex’: Kit Connor and Joe Locke on Heartstopper’s queer teen curtain call
As Netflix’s quietly radical coming-of-age drama wraps up with a feature-length film, its stars discuss queer escapism, awkward lo…
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Robota review – machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic
Schwarzman Centre, Oxford Headlong’s take on Karel Čapek’s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech’…
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Melanie C says Spice Girls' 30th anniversary was 'emotional'
The pop star reflected on the band's legacy as she picked up a global impact award in London.
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BBC radio DJ Paul Gambaccini diagnosed with Alzheimer's
In a statement, the presenter said he would continue to present his programmes on BBC Radio 2 and Greatest Hits Radio.
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Classical pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against MSO over Gaza comments – video
A classical pianist who sued the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has lost his case after he alleged he was unlawfully discriminated a…
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Paris couture week spotlights luxury leadership shifts
Paris Haute Couture Week 2026 has become a testing ground for newly appointed creative directors at France's most powerful luxury …