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Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928. A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no more than a natural phenomenon and the newspaper added an updated statement: “It was later established that the red streaks … turned out to be red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art.” Continue reading...

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Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

Sterling Nasa had tickets to see Justin Hurwitz’s La La Land in Concert. When the keyboardist suddenly fell ill, he found himself on stage performing Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast La La Land is a much adored homage to Hollywood, where dreamers take chances and seize unexpected moments. On Saturday night at the ICC’s Darling Harbour theatre, that idea became a reality for a 21-year-old university student who was thrust into the spotlight at a live performance of the movie’s score – and saved a concert from derailment. Continue reading...

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Massive Attack to tour Australia for first time in 16 years

The Bristol trip-hop group will perform in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in August Massive Attack are set to tour Australia for the first time in 16 years. The influential British trip-hop group, made up of Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall, will play Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in August. The upcoming tour will be the band’s fourth appearance in Australia and their first Australian shows since 2010. Continue reading...

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Michelin-kåringen 2026: – De får minst én stjerne

Flere norske restauranter trekkes frem som sterke kandidater før årets Michelin-utdeling. Én skiller seg særlig ut.

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Germany’s embattled nightlife scene welcomes plan to reclassify clubs

There is hope that a change to building regulations could resurrect music clubs, which have been hit by rising rents, social shifts and noise disputes A move by the German government to reclassify nightclubs to distinguish them from amusement and adult entertainment facilities could give a much-needed boost to the country’s struggling nightlife, industry advocates say. Under a fundamental change to building regulations approved by Friedrich Merz’s cabinet last week, nightclubs will be formally recognised as providing cultural and artistic value, making it more difficult for developers to evict venue operators in favour of new construction. Continue reading...

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Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system

Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah. Nixon’s tense, feature-length suspense, Stew Peas, tells of the story of Jamaican detective Tessa, who is obsessed with an old murder case. Continue reading...

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Gerry Conway, creator of the Punisher in Spider-Man comics, dies at 73

Marvel praises Conway’s ‘undeniable and indelible impact’ of celebrated comic book writer who also worked for DC Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73. In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, his wife, Laura Conway, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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Ancient Roman gravestone found in New Orleans back yard returned to Italy

Nearly 2,000-year-old artifact handed over by FBI matches piece missing from museum near Rome for decades A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman grave marker discovered in a New Orleans backyard has now been returned to Italy. The marble epitaph – dating back roughly 1,900 years – was officially handed over to Italian officials in Rome on Wednesday during a ceremony led by the FBI. The event also marked the repatriation of another antiquity recovered in the US, the agency said. Continue reading...

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Oscars changes allow for double acting nominations while banning AI

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has also rewritten rules on international film eligibility The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a number of major changes for the Oscars on Friday, including a new policy allowing multiple nominations for a single actor in one category, as well as barring acting and writing awards for work done by AI. According to new statutes decreed by the group’s board of governors, only performances “demonstrably performed” by humans with their consent will be eligible for acting Oscars, while only human-authored screenplays can be up for any writing awards. Continue reading...

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Journalistikk og menneskelige hensyn

Pressen må kombinere hardtslående avsløringer med respekt for mennesker i sorg.

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Vil kong Charles få vitsene sine i rekyl?

Hvem hadde trodd at den britiske monarken var et standup-talent?

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Man who pocketed tiles from medieval priory as boy returns them 60 years later

Simon White comes clean after finding clay pieces in toffee tin, saying he took them as souvenir from Wenlock Priory Fragments of a priory’s medieval tiled floor that spent almost 60 years stashed in a toffee tin after being pocketed by a nine-year-old boy during a family outing have finally been handed back. The three pieces of decorative clay tiles, dating from the late 13th to early 14th century, were taken as a souvenir by Simon White during a family visit to Wenlock Priory in Shropshire in the late 1960s. Continue reading...

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‘He’s probably good’: Donald Trump Jr gets muted endorsement from his father for The Apprentice reboot

Speculative reports say Amazon is considering relaunching the reality show once hosted by the US president, with his eldest son floated as a possible host Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Amid speculative reports that Donald Trump Jr is being considered by Amazon to lead a reboot of The Apprentice, he’s already received a slightly muted endorsement from the reality show’s former host: his father. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Amazon was considering rebooting The Apprentice, which was hosted by the now US president Donald Trump between 2004 and 2015, for its streaming service Prime Video. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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Scientology ‘speed running’ trend has Hollywood abuzz and church unhappy

Religious group ‘reviewing all available remedies’ after clips of young people rushing its buildings in ‘raids’ go viral On any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent months, the strip has been set abuzz for a new reason. Throngs of mostly adolescent boys and young men have been rushing the Church of Scientology’s international headquarters on the famed street. Continue reading...

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German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88

Prominent contemporary visual artist explored range of techniques across six decades of work Georg Baselitz obituary The German artist Georg Baselitz, whose expressive paintings and sculptures stirred controversy before winning him global acclaim and the admiration of politicians in high office, has died aged 88. The Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, which had a longstanding professional relationship with the artist, confirmed his death on Thursday. It said Baselitz had “defined German visual art for a generation” and had died peacefully. Continue reading...

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Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia

Decision follows backlash from Italian government and European Commission The jury of the Venice Biennale has quit just days before the prestigious art exhibition is due to begin, amid a row over the decision to allow Russia to participate. The resignation of the five-member international jury was announced late on Thursday in a brief statement by the Venice Biennale organisers, and came a day after the Italian culture ministry sent inspectors to Venice in search of information about the decision to allow Russia to have a pavilion at the event. Continue reading...

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– En av årets beste fiskeretter for vår del

En vinbar i Trondheim er blitt restaurant med stil.

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Her er alle tv-nyhetene i mai

Skriv opp «Spider-Noir», «Sandokan» og «Dutton Ranch» i kalenderen, samt nye runder med «Kastanjemannen», «Citadel», «Rivals», «Bausjen», «Berlin», «Good Omens» og «The Four Seasons».

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Nådeløst om mor og sønn

Jens M. Johanssons åttende roman er blant hans beste.

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En fest for øyet, men uten huggtenner

I «The Devil Wears Prada 2» slukner eskapismens fyrverkeri i en slapp satire over det nye mediebildet.

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Varm og fengende countryrock

Mikaela Davis viser seg frem som kvinnen med gullharpen.

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Den nye popeksplosjonen

Vidunderlige The Lemon Twigs er et bevis på at fortiden er nå.

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Kreativ Oslo-soul

Sanyu viser stor egenart på et rikt debutalbum.

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Se trailer: «The Devil Wears Prada 2»

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt og Stanley Tucci er tilbake i sine ikoniske roller i en svært etterlengtet oppfølger til fenomenet The Devil Wears Prada.

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Writing on the wall: Art UK digitises thousands of murals as street artworks go mainstream

From medieval church wall paintings to Liam Gallagher’s viral X post, charity has catalogued more than 6,600 pieces Some of the UK’s smallest public murals are on bollards in Shrewsbury while one of the biggest is on a 1960s 16-storey block of flats in Gosport. Perhaps the funniest though is in Cardiff. Ahead of last summer’s Oasis concerts it was a straightforward copy of Liam Gallagher’s viral post on X declaring: “Because Cardiff is the bollox.” Continue reading...

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– Jeg er ikke sånn veldig intellektuell, så da tenker jeg det er like greit å ikke late som

– Når noen sier «flink», kan jeg bli uvel av det, sier ansvarlig redaktør i Morgenbladet Sun Heidi Sæbø. Nylig ble hun kåret til «Årets redaktør».

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Regningen snuste på 10.000 kroner. Det er et kalas som dette på alle måter verdt

Stjernen viser vei til Stallen. Der venter kanskje ikke frelseren, men et habilt kjøkken som ikke er redd for å putte litt biffjuice i desserten.

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Drama på norsk sykehus – og alle tv-nyhetene i april

NRK-serien «Lis» blir det helnorske alternativet i strømmen av sykehusdramaer.

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Trippel dose melankoli

Mesterlig, stillferdig og underfundig om familierelasjoner fra fortsatt kule Jim Jarmusch.

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Rett i krysset med Cross

Etterforsker George Cross har Aspergers syndrom, og er en gavepakke til deg som elsker tradisjonell krim.

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50 år i kulturlivets motbakker

Erik Hillestad viste med Kirkelig Kulturverksted hvordan kirken kan bidra til eksperimentering og åpenhet. Nå har han skrevet sine memoarer.

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Lyden av Tromsø

Vilde Bye synger ut om bakrus og tapt kjærlighet.

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Lyden av Oslo

Deilig lyd og skarpe låter fra stemmen i Tigerstate og Mall Girl.

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‘A place where music fills the air’: Bangkok to host Eurovision’s first Asia song contest

Spin-off launched with 10 nations, as original event remains mired in protests and boycotts over Israel’s involvement Eurovision is seeking to expand into the Asian market by hosting a version of its song contest in Bangkok this year, just as the original annual event is being buffeted by discord and boycotts on the eve of its 70th anniversary edition. The grand final of the inaugural Eurovision song contest Asia will take place in Thailand’s capital on Saturday 14 November, the Switzerland-based organisation announced on Tuesday. Broadcasters from 10 countries have confirmed their participation. Continue reading...

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Michelin-restaurant legger ned

Konseptet har nådd sitt toppunkt, ifølge restauranten. Nå pakker de ned og signaliserer nye eventyr i lokaler som foreløpig holdes tett til brystet.

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Sad faces all round as Bolivia’s clowns protest over decree threatening their livelihoods

Clowns in Bolivia are upset by mandate that stops schools hosting events from which they earn a living Dozens of clowns have marched through the streets of Bolivia’s capital to protest against a government decree that limits extracurricular activities in schools, threatening their livelihoods. Wearing full face paint and their signature red noses, the clowns gathered on Monday in front of the ministry of education in La Paz to oppose a decree published in February. The new mandate says schools must comply with 200 days of lessons each year – in effect banning them from hosting the special events where the entertainers are frequently employed. Continue reading...

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Game of Thrones film adaptation in the works at Warner Bros

Blockbuster adaptation of George RR Martin’s fantasy world will focus on events 300 years before the HBO series’ pilot A Game of Thrones film is set for the big screen, with Warner Bros officially developing a prequel set in the world of Westeros. House of Cards showrunner Beau Willimon has been recruited to write the script based on George RR Martin’s fantasy series. Continue reading...

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‘I won’t be on roller skates!’ Nick Mohammed to host Olivier awards in 50th anniversary year

Ted Lasso star and Celebrity Traitors finalist will take the helm at Royal Albert Hall ceremony in London next month as special award recipients are announced Nick Mohammed has been named as the host for this year’s Olivier awards, which take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London next month. The comedian, writer and actor, who recently found a new fanbase as a Celebrity Traitors finalist, will follow in the footsteps of his Ted Lasso co-star Hannah Waddingham, who presented the Oliviers in 2023 and 2024. Last year, they were co-hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the awards, which recognise achievements in theatre, dance and opera. Continue reading...

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Paavo Järvi to succeed Edward Gardner at helm of London Philharmonic

The Estonian will take over as chief conductor of ‘this wonderful historic orchestra’ from the 2028/29 season, when Gardner’s current contract ends The London Philharmonic Orchestra announced on Tuesday that Paavo Järvi will succeed Edward Gardner as chief conductor from the 2028-29 season, when Gardner’s current contract comes to an end. Järvi, 63, was born in Estonia into a musical dynasty. His father, Neeme is also a conductor, his younger brother Kristjan too. The family moved to the US in 1980, and Järvi studied at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein. Continue reading...

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Luke Kornet says Atlanta Hawks’ theme night with strip club Magic City objectifies women

Club is popular with athletes and rappers Kornet says night helps objectify women San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet has called on the Atlanta Hawks to abandon their collaboration with a famous strip club. Magic City is an Atlanta institution and been mentioned in a string of hip-hop records, as well as hosting rappers such as Drake, Lil Yachty, Migos, Jack Harlow and Future. It is also popular with athletes: past visitors have included Michael Jordan, while MLS’s Atlanta United celebrated their title at the club in 2018. The club gained widespread attention in 2020 when the Los Angeles Clippers’ Lou Williams visited the club after leaving the NBA’s quarantine bubble during the Covid pandemic. Continue reading...

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Rijksmuseum reveals painting to be early work by Rembrandt

17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple to go on display this week It hung unrecognised on the wall of a private home for decades but now a 17th-century painting has been revealed as a Rembrandt, taking its potential value from thousands to millions of pounds. The Rijksmuseum announced on Monday that it had rediscovered an early biblical scene by the Dutch master that was once thought lost, thanks to hi-tech scanning and two years of expert analysis. Continue reading...

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Top UK film and TV production school puts spotlight on students with disabilities

Exclusive: National Film and Television School introduces fully accessible accommodation and bursary scheme at its Beaconsfield campus For a long time, physically disabled students who dreamed of studying at the UK’s most prestigious film and TV production school had nowhere to stay in the local area. And when they commuted, they would encounter hundreds of inaccessible areas on campus. In an industry where just 12% of TV employees are disabled, compared with 18% in the labour market as a whole, something had to change. Continue reading...

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An ugly year for the Louvre: where does the world’s biggest museum go from here?

After a heist and the departure of its boss, the French institution wrestles with water leaks, strikes and much-criticised plans for a €1bn renovation Just over a year ago, Laurence des Cars, the intellectually brilliant (if famously prickly) former head of the largest and most-visited museum in the world, wrote a somewhat alarming note to her boss, France’s culture minister. Des Cars, who on Tuesday resigned as president of the Louvre, lamented the advanced state of disrepair of the iconic museum’s buildings and galleries. Continue reading...

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Brit awards 2026: full list of winners

Olivia Dean tops the winners list with four, while Sam Fender bags two – see all the category winners here • News: Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year • Alexis Petridis: This year’s Brit awards found a flicker of chaos – but the winners were never in doubt Olivia Dean Continue reading...

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Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year

The 26-year-old dominates in Manchester, landing the night’s biggest prizes as Rosé, Wolf Alice and Mark Ronson also take top honours • Brit awards 2026: the full list of winners • Alexis Petridis: This year’s Brit awards found a flicker of chaos – but the winners were never in doubt • ‘We’re going into a dark place’: Brit awards artists voice alarm over Reform UK’s rise Olivia Dean was the big winner at the 2026 Brit awards, taking home awards for artist of the year, pop act, song of the year for her Sam Fender duet Rein Me In, and album of the year for The Art of Loving. In less than a year, Dean has leaped to the forefront of British pop thanks to The Art of Loving, her second album. With songs that get to the heart of the joys and frustrations of casual modern dating, she is enormously relatable, while her sophisticated and cosmopolitan songcraft, deftly finessing styles such as bossa nova, trip-hop, neo-soul and jazz together, has given her an unusually broad and cross-generational appeal. Continue reading...

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‘Crazy, without limits’: Paris disco haunt of Jagger and Grace Jones to reopen

Legendary nightclub Le Palace, where Serge Gainsbourg and Prince also performed, to rise again In the late 1970s, Le Palace in Paris’s busy theatre district was one of continental Europe’s most famous nightclubs. On the opening night on 1 March 1978, Grace Jones stunned VIP guests with her rendition of Edith Piaf’s classic La Vie en Rose. Later, Serge Gainsbourg and Prince came to perform, Bob Marley was photographed there and Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol and Karl Lagerfeld were part of a glittering cast of international celebrities, politicians, designers and models who came to drink and dance. Continue reading...

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Boss of theatre hosting Chinese dance group Shen Yun in Sydney won’t be intimidated by ‘outrageous’ threats

Graeme Kearns, chief executive of Foundation Theatres, says: ‘Our job in theatre is to absolutely defend the right to tell stories about culture’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The head of the theatre hosting the Shen Yun dance troupe in Sydney says the company would not be intimidated to pull the shows by any “outrageous” anonymous threats and that the publicity had increased interest in the show. On Monday, the Gold Coast venue for the Shen Yun performances was forced to evacuate after a bomb threat, with a similar threat forcing the evacuation of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s official residence, The Lodge, in Canberra the next day. Continue reading...

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Oilskin-jakken er tilbake som den selvsagte vestkantuniform

Er det noe vi vet preger motebildet hos den øvre middelklasse i 2025, er det at nye penger skal kle seg som gamle penger.

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Melania: Amazon’s $106m documentary takes $982 per screen in Australian opening weekend

Documentary about the US first lady debuted at No 31 at Australian box office, making $32,399 from 33 screens Melania, Amazon’s $106m (US$75m) documentary about the US first lady, has bombed at the Australian box office on its opening weekend, debuting at No 31 on the charts and taking just $982 (£503, US$688) per screen. The documentary, directed by Brett Ratner, was screened in 33 cinemas across Australia and made $32,399 overall. Continue reading...

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Mark of Cain singer comes out as trans ‘to finally live as myself’

Josie Scott, who has played in the Australian heavy metal band with her brother Kim for 40 years, writes to fans: ‘I’ve decided to embrace, rather than endure, who I am’ Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The guitarist and vocalist in Australian heavy metal band the Mark of Cain has come out as a trans woman, writing that seeing younger trans people live freely had “helped shine a light on the possibility that maybe I can finally be me in my autumn years.” On Monday night, Josie Scott wrote a statement to fans on the band’s social media, announcing that her family know her as Josie or Jo and “given where I identify on the gender spectrum, I fit within the paradigm of being a trans woman”. Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education As the Grammy winners took to the stage in Los Angeles on Sunday night, one common thread emerged: many had once walked the halls of a comprehensive school in Croydon, south London. British performers Olivia Dean, who won the prestigious gong for best new artist; Lola Young, who took home best pop solo performance for Messy; and FKA twigs, who won best dance/electronic album for Eusexua, all attended the Brit school in Selhurst. As did Raye, who earlier in the week received the Harry Belafonte best song for social change award for Ice Cream Man. Continue reading...

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Filmprodusenten fra Kristiansand ble truet av Epstein: – Livredd

«Jeg håper du ikke tror at du kan gjøre dette uten konsekvenser», får Gundersen beskjed om. Over flere år får han truende meldinger av finansmannen.

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Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim

The Girl, based on Samantha Geimer’s memoir, will revisit ‘one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals through the eyes of the person most misrepresented by it’ A new movie will explore the notorious Roman Polanski statutory rape scandal from the perspective of the 13-year-old girl, Samantha Geimer. The Girl, based on Geimer’s 2013 memoir The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski, will trace her time in the famous director’s orbit in the 1970s, her experience being subjected to sexual assault and the media maelstrom that followed after Polanski, then 43, was arrested in 1977 on charges of statutory rape and lewd and lascivious act with a child. Continue reading...

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‘This is history, it should be free’: Rome’s €2 Trevi fountain fee divides opinion

Charge is designed to protect much-loved monument from overtourism, but not all visitors like the idea Teresa Romero is in Rome to celebrate a milestone birthday and one of the first things she did on Monday was visit the Trevi fountain to participate in the ritual of tossing a coin into the waters of the late baroque masterpiece. But before the Portuguese tourist could get close to the fountain, she had to hand over €2 (£1.70) – the cost of an access fee that has finally been enacted by Rome council officials after years of discussions. Continue reading...

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Hidden detail found in Anne Boleyn portrait was ‘witchcraft rebuttal’, say historians

Exclusive: Underdrawing suggests attempt to debunk myth that former wife of Henry VIII had sixth finger Anne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, her French hood, her dark eyes and a red rose in her right hand. Now a secret that has remained hidden for nearly 500 years has been discovered beneath the layers of paint. Scientific analysis of the painting at Hever Castle, her childhood home in Kent, has uncovered evidence that an Elizabethan artist sought to create a “visual rebuttal” to claims that Henry VIII’s ill-fated wife was a witch with a sixth finger on her right hand. Continue reading...

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Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar win big in Grammys ceremony filled with anti-ICE sentiment

Musicians delivered impassioned speeches during a star-packed night that saw Lamar become the most awarded rapper of all time Grammy awards 2026: list of winners Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar took home major Grammy awards during a night that saw musicians hit back at Donald Trump’s ICE occupation. From Justin Bieber to Carole King, artists wore anti-ICE pins while others also spoke out during their speeches. Bad Bunny, who is performing at the Super Bowl next weekend, took home three awards, for album of the year, best música urbana album and global music performance, and used his time on stage to call out anti-immigration sentiment. Continue reading...

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Kennedy Center will halt entertainment operations for two years, Trump says

DC arts venue, which has seen wave of canceled events after Trump’s takeover, will start renovations in July The John F Kennedy Center, a world-class venue for the performing arts in Washington DC, will halt entertainment events for two years starting on 4 July during renovations, Donald Trump posted on Sunday on Truth Social. The Kennedy Center, which has seen a wave of performers cancel events in recent months as well as the lowest ticket sales in years, has been in turmoil since the president orchestrated a leadership overhaul in the beginning of his term. Continue reading...

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Dozens of historic Maseratis recreated for movie about Italian car company

Film with a cast headed by Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a supercar marque that began in a small Bologna garage Dozens of Maseratis of 1920s and 1930s designs have been built specially for a feature film about the Italian car company’s earliest days, with a cast headed by Anthony Hopkins. Maserati: The Brothers tells the story of siblings driven by their love of cars to create an automotive company from scratch. It all began in a little garage in the Italian city of Bologna: in 1914 they founded a sports supercar company that went on to make some of the fastest vehicles on the planet. Continue reading...

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‘Island of peace’: Israeli-Palestinian restaurant in Berlin to close – but live on as TV series

Kanaan, a symbol of dining across religious and political divides, will shut it doors ‘probably in March’, say owners An Israeli-Palestinian restaurant in Berlin conceived as an “island of peace” will close in the spring, but its Jewish and Arab owners say their dream will live on in a television series based on their unlikely partnership. Kanaan, a decade-old casual eatery in the Prenzlauer Berg district of the German capital, gained an international profile for its message of “unity over hate” after the 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas and the outbreak of the Gaza war. Continue reading...

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99 år med intellektuell prompehumor

Mel Brooks har gjort narr av høy- og lavkultur siden 1938. Nå oppsummeres karrieren i tide til 100-årsdagen.

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En islandsk samlivssaga

Men sagaøyas Oscar-håp byr på litt for mye hjerte og litt for lite smerte.

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Synger om det gode Amerika

Lucinda Williams gir oss tilbake troen troen på USAs verdighet.

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Chirags friminutt

Den ene halvdelen av Karpe gjør det han liker best, med Mae og Tommy Tee.

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Jazzens nye førstefiolin

Smektende og oppvakte toner fra Tuva Halses kvintett.

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Poetens varme og vonde romandebut

Steinar Opstad romandebuterer med en rørende fortelling som kryper under huden på leseren.

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Besynderlig Kim Hiorthøy-bok

I kjernen av den første romanen fra illustratøren og kunstneren ligger et altoppslukende ingenting.

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As stars wear black at Valentino’s funeral, tributes are dressed in red

Fashion designer’s death has put the red dress – and his particular shade of the colour – back in the spotlight “The red dress,” said Valentino Garavani in 1992, “is always magnificent”. This week, following the announcement of his death at the age of 93, the red dress – and the particular shade of red used by the designer known simply as Valentino – is back in the spotlight. Continue reading...

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Delroy Lindo: the Sinners Oscar nominee who could make Spike Lee’s secret British weapon rather less secret

Lining up for best supporting actor in the year’s most hotly-tipped film, the Lewisham-born actor has long been a favourite of the Malcolm X director and is poised for brighter limelight In the aftermath of the Oscar nominations, Wunmi Mosaku was heralded as Britain’s saviour after her best supporting actress nod at Hollywood’s most prestigious awards. The UK had been facing its first nomination-less year in the acting categories since 1986. But the Sinners star was joined by a fellow cast member, Lewisham-born, Delroy Lindo, who will also be representing Britain on the big night on 15 March. Continue reading...

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Digested week: Let us focus on the few, brief bright spots we can

Squint hard into the darkness and you’ll find there’s so much to look forward to. Gwyneth Paltrow and HBO Max for starters Ah, Blue Monday – it seems to come round quicker every year, no? For those of you not familiar with the term it denotes the third Monday of January, which is alleged to be the most depressing day of the year. Collectively, I mean – obviously each us has a birthday plus a year coming up that will inescapably include bad haircuts, disappointing Vinted purchases, and expensively untraceable leaks in the home. And Prue Leith’s leaving Bake Off. Continue reading...

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Arctic Monkeys release first new song since 2022 to benefit War Child

Opening Night will appear on HELP(2), a charity compilation out in March which also features Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Pulp and more Arctic Monkeys have released Opening Night, their first new song since 2022 album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child. Opening Night is taken from HELP(2), a sequel to War Child’s 1995 album Help, which brought together A-list music names to raise £1.2m for children affected by conflict, including Radiohead, Blur, Sinéad O’Connor and the Smokin’ Mojo Filters (a supergroup of Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller). Continue reading...

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– Vi lager pinot noir som de gjorde i Burgund for 10–15 år siden

De har base i Baden og Burgund som rettesnor. Brødrene Schneider lager rene, balanserte og presise viner – uten store fakter.

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Grünerløkka kulinariske sirkus

Jimmy’s er blitt en institusjon på Grünerløkka med skamløse smaker og fet stil.

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– Vestkanten er litt hipp igjen

Oslos gallerier flokker seg sammen på Frogner.

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– Vi bygget dette som en familie, og det kjennes sånn også

Paris-kafeen gjør det umulige mulig på knappe 40 kvadratmeter.

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Stilkoden: Jeg har lyst på Rolex, men er bekymret for å være harry

Det er nokså trist å kjøpe seg feil klokke og angre resten av livet på at man ikke valgte den store kjærligheten.

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Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art

Archaeologists say stencil painted with ochre in limestone cave on Muna Island was created at least 67,800 years ago The faded outline of a hand on a cave wall in Indonesia may be the world’s oldest known rock art, according to archaeologists who say it was created at least 67,800 years ago. The ancient hand stencil was discovered in a limestone cave popular with tourists on Muna Island, part of south-eastern Sulawesi, where it had gone unnoticed between more recent paintings of animals and other figures. Continue reading...

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Dette er årets trendfarge

Chanel, Celine og Versace har allerede fargen i sine vårkolleksjoner.

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Forget Keanu: Ulster Scots translation of Beckett classic takes on spate of celebrity Godots

Tragicomedy will be performed outdoors in Northern Irish countryside as part of new festival celebrating Irish playwright Beneath a stark steel tree in a bleak upland bog, a literary masterpiece is set to assume a different linguistic mantle. Samuel Beckett’s enigmatic tragicomedy Waiting for Godot will make its world premiere in Ulster Scots, a moment described as a “coming of age” for the minority language, and the antithesis of the trend for celebrity Godots. Continue reading...

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Tv-året begynner her

De første skjermdagene i 2026 handler om Mozart, Harlan Coben, «The Pitt» og et samisk bryllup.

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New Traitors contestants include detective, crime writer and psychologist

BBC reveals latest cast, which also features cybersecurity expert, sweet shop assistant and personal trainer A retired police detective, a crime writer and a psychologist are among the next cohort of contestants to enter The Traitors’ castle, as the BBC revealed details of the latest series of its smash-hit sleuthing show. A sweet shop assistant, a cybersecurity expert and a personal trainer are also among those to be divided into plotting “traitors” and the “faithfuls” tasked with unmasking them. Continue reading...

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‘It’s not a hen party hellscape’: Dublin’s Temple Bar strives to shake off its bad reputation

Despite reviews of the district as a raucous tourist trap, improved policing has restored safety and an eclectic vibe When Ireland redeveloped a swathe of central Dublin in the 1990s, the idea was to create a version of Paris’s Left Bank, a cultural quarter of cobbled lanes, art and urban renewal. Planners and architects transformed the run-down Temple Bar site by the River Liffey into an ambitious experiment that drew throngs of visitors and won awards. Continue reading...

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Marte Michelet: Dattera til ... og mer

Journalist Marte Michelet har skrevet om de mørkeste sidene i vestlig historie. Nå skal hun fortelle om faren sin.

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Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88

Journalist and editor also led British Board of Film Classification and served as senior lay member of the Church of England Andreas Whittam Smith, the co-founder of the Independent newspaper and a former president of the British Board of Film Classification, has died aged 88. Whittam Smith was also the first editor of the Independent and served as first church estates commissioner, the senior lay member of the Church of England, from 2002 to 2017. Continue reading...

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Bridge to the past: JR to wrap Pont Neuf again, 40 years after artistic forebears

Exclusive: French artist planning to cover bridge over Seine in tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude The enigmatic French artist JR will undertake what he says is his biggest ever challenge next year when he “wraps” Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge across the Seine River in Paris, in a tribute to a monumental art project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. For three weeks next June, the 232-metre (761ft) long bridge will be wrapped in fabric, 40 years after the married artists known for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations did the same thing. Continue reading...

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Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers

Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble Like triple-distilled whiskey, Irish pubs appear to have timeless appeal. They are staple setting in films, books and plays, draw tourists to Ireland, replicate themselves around the world and induce social media quests for the perfect snug and the perfect pint. Scholars have now bestowed academic imprimatur on this cultural treasure status by examining – and celebrating – pubs through the lens of history, sociology, architecture, psychology, design, art and literature. Continue reading...

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Party dressing’s most unexpected upgrade: the cocktail T-shirt

Cashmere and wool tees will keep you warm, cool and stylish during the festive season When it comes to dressing for a party, a T-shirt is usually something you change out of rather than put on. But this party season, the casual tee is experiencing a metamorphosis. Enter: the cocktail T-shirt. Continue reading...

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Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75

New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, before returning to his home country Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director of Once Were Warriors and Die Another Day, has died aged 75. In a statement to Radio New Zealand, Tamahori’s family said he had Parkinson’s and died “peacefully at home”. Continue reading...

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Grammys 2026: the nominations in all the major categories

With big numbers for Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and more, check out the nominated artists this year • News: Kendrick Lamar leads Grammy award nominations with nine nods Bad Bunny – DtMF Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Doechii – Anxiety Billie Eilish – Wildflower Lady Gaga – Abracadabra Kendrick Lamar with SZA – Luther Chappell Roan – The Subway Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT. Continue reading...

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Kendrick Lamar leads Grammy award nominations with nine nods

Rapper receives nominations in all top categories while Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Leon Thomas are also major nominees • Grammys 2026: the nominations in all the major categories The Grammys’ love continues for Kendrick Lamar. The rapper, who took home the most trophies at the 2025 music awards with five, leads the nominees for the 2026 awards. Lamar is up for nine awards, including album of the year (for his most recent album, GNX), best rap album, record of the year and song of the year. He faces competition for the night’s top award – album of the year – from Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Leon Thomas, Tyler, the Creator and Clipse, Pusha T & Malice. Continue reading...

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De stakkars heterofile kvinnene

Kvinner klager og gråter over mennene rundt seg. Det har gått så langt at skeive nå synes synd på heterofile.

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Megapop til venstre for hitlistene

Inspirerende norsk leftfield-pop fra Sofi O, Billy Meier og Nothing Personal.

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Dylan før han ble Dylan

Fascinerende undersøkelse av Bob Dylans tidligste periode.

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Trangere kår for oversatt litteratur

Bare to av årets Booker-nominerte er oversatt til norsk. Og forlaget til Katie Kitamura legger ned virksomheten.

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The artist Luke Jerram on the tree-planting project he’ll never see finished

This may be a midlife crisis, says man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in 100-year project in Somerset Luke Jerram – whose art installations have travelled the world – is philosophical about his latest project bearing fruit beyond his time on earth. Known for his “Play Me I’m Yours” street pianos project and his Museum of the Moon artwork – a seven-metre in diameter sculpture of the moon featuring detailed Nasa imagery of the lunar surface – Jerram is now working on Echo Wood, a living, breathing installation made of native British trees. Continue reading...

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– Minner det ikke litt om en fancy flyplasslounge?

Men nyåpnede Kenzai på Tjuvholmen byr på gode asiatiske småretter.

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Denne planten har stått her siden 1973

Et ungt par har kjøpt et hus tegnet av Jan Inge Hovig, og har forsøkt å bevare inventaret mest mulig. Ingrid Espelid Hovig designet visstnok kjøkkenet. Det finnes også en plante fra 1973 der.

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Fant huset tre dager etter at de kjøpte et annet: – Hva har vi gjort?

Et ungt par har kjøpt et hus tegnet av Jan Inge Hovig, og har forsøkt å bevare inventaret mest mulig. Ingrid Espelid Hovig designet visstnok kjøkkenet. Det finnes også en plante fra 1973 der.

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‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in England’s schools

Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devalued For years, Britain’s leading cultural figures have warned that substandard arts provision in schools is devaluing the sector and creating an increasingly elite industry. But the government’s proposed shake-up of the national curriculum, which includes scrapping the English baccalaureate (Ebacc), has been met with overwhelming positivity, with one figure saying it could end “the madness of the past decade”. On Wednesday the Department for Education said it wanted to boost the creative subjects taken at GCSE as part of its wider changes to England’s national curriculum. Continue reading...

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Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85

Family pays tribute to actor who was ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’ The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family have announced. She died peacefully, and surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said. Continue reading...

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Southport reveals year of cultural events to entice tourists after attack

Town to become ‘elegantly eccentric’ to boost economy after horrific incident that left three young girls dead Southport has unveiled an “elegantly eccentric” year-long cultural programme as it seeks to lure back tourists after the fatal attack on young girls last summer. The Merseyside town will transform into an “open air ballroom” as part of an outdoor spectacular by the acclaimed French street theatre company Transe Express in the spring. Continue reading...