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Vatican begins restoration of Raphael Loggias, featuring celebrated fresco cycle by Renaissance master
More than 20 experts are expected to work on the decorative cycle over five years
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Canada eligible to join Eurovision competition
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.
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O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Will X-Men’s Jean Grey be in the fourth Marvel Spidey film? What about Spider-Girl? Which Hulk will we see? Who is the real villai…
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Jonathan Baldock: Held review – lick me, trap me, pull me in
Arnolfini, Bristol The English artist has created a tense world of folkloric psychedelia and pagan aesthetics that is weird, threa…
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Can travel solve the loneliness epidemic? WeRoad's co-founder Fabio Bin thinks so
Speaking to Euronews in Cannes after being shortlisted for the European CMO of the Year Award, Fabio Bin explained he turned a per…
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'Marketing is more important than ever': Serviceplan CEO at European CMO of the Year awards
Speaking to Euronews, Serviceplan Group CEO Florian Haller said marketing has evolved far beyond traditional advertising, and now …
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Wagner festival reinstates Holocaust memorial event after cancellation
The Bayreuth Festival had canceled a planned memorial lecture featuring Jewish author and broadcaster Michel Friedman, drawing sha…
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‘Have more joy! Believe in yourself!’ Legally Blonde is back – as a life-affirming TV prequel
Reese Witherspoon’s 00s movie is a beloved cult classic – and now she’s using a spinoff to battle these dark times. The creators o…
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Initiation stones, buried recordings, and Ringo Starr’s drumkit: inside the visionary world of reggae master Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
The late production genius’s chaotic reputation has always preceded him. But could two new books, a posthumous album and a flurry …
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What Andy Burnham’s achievements in Manchester tell us about his views on the arts
The UK prime-minister-in-waiting’s legacy is seen as not just about big-hitter projects such as Factory International but also the…
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Relics review – toxic heirloom cues hugely entertaining family clash
Lyric Hammersmith, London Four siblings squabble over an art treasure possibly stolen by their grandfather in this riotous play by…
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Love Island USA removes second contestant for using racial slur
Alannah Keyser appeared briefly in Thursday's episode before viewers were told she had left the villa.
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Supergirl: DC Studios boss says comics giant needs to win back fans' trust
The latest release from the Marvel rival is part of a wider reset of its sprawling cinematic universe.
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Behold, the most realistic golf game ever | Dominik Diamond
Normal Golf Game takes a tiresomely easy genre and makes it infernally difficult. Which deserves a round of applause I have always…
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Add to playlist: the doomy predictions of incendiary metallers Burner and the week’s best new tracks
For anyone furious about the state of the world, the London band offer a welcome – and unsparing – blast of catharsis From South L…
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Ai Weiwei pushes Manchester’s buttons, a ceramicist makes it personal and frames get reframed – the week in art
The Chinese artist goes large on colonialism, a group show tackles a fun theme and Xanthe Somers’ stoneware fools the eye – all in…
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What sold at Christie's London auction of controversial Zabludowicz collection?
Consigned from the holdings of Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, the £15.4m sale fell within estimate
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Van Gogh and the Dutch old masters: latest research reveals the links
Vermeer with his yellows and blues; Rubens and “strokes of pure red”; and Rembrandt’s self-portraits
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Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for climate extremes
While some institutions are serving as "islands of freshness" during this week's scorching temperatures, others are having to redu…
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The Surge review – a wild and haunting wake for Sinéad O’Connor
Aviva Studios, Manchester The late singer gets a thrilling tribute from a cast of 10 dancers in Sonya Taleh’s heartfelt show ‘I’m …
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Claire Fuller: ‘Dylan Thomas showed me that writing could make me feel everything’
The novelist on being inspired by Shirley Jackson, discovering the brilliance of Denis Johnson, and finding comfort in Elizabeth S…
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‘A beauty pageant in athletic form’: how cheerleading show America’s Sweethearts became a Netflix megahit
The film-makers and stars of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docu-series explain the sisterhood and fights for fair pay behind the…
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‘I’m a soldier. I don’t have a gun, but I have a pen and a camera’: Mahnaz Mohammadi on fighting the Iranian regime
The director and activist on her fictional drama Roya, drawing on her experience of imprisonment and torture, and why even in Euro…
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Why Erling Haaland has become the World Cup’s most entertaining star
Whether he's posing as Norway's 'social media guy' or sharing candid shots in an infrared mask, Erling Haaland is winning over fan…