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Rare display for UK AIDS Memorial Quilt amid Trump HIV funding cuts

ADVERTISEMENTEach stitched panel honours someone who died from AIDS-related illness, forming part of a vast global project that began in the 1980s at the height of the epidemic. Created by loved ones, the quilt is both a tribute and a protest. The project was started by American activist Cleve Jones, who began sewing panels after

16th-century shipwreck discovered at record depth off French coast

ADVERTISEMENTNamed Camarat 4, the wreck was located by chance during a French Navy seabed control mission in March 2025 and has since been studied by France’s Department of Underwater Archaeological Research (Drassm).Remarkably well-preserved, the site is being described by archaeologists as a “time capsule.” Over 200 ceramic jugs, neatly stacked plates, cannons, and cooking utensils

Brian Wilson, co-founder of 1960s band the Beach Boys, dies aged 82

ADVERTISEMENTBrian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary leader whose genius for melody and arrangements inspired hits like "Good Vibrations" and "California Girls" has died at the age of 82.Wilson's family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts on Wednesday but gave no further details.The Beach Boys rank among the most popular

Theo Jansen’s stunning walking sculptures showcased in new exhibition

ADVERTISEMENTIf you could mash-up natural history with art, you'd probably find Theo Jansen would be close by.The 77-year-old Dutch artist has been mixing media and combining it with everyday objects since 1990 to produce truly, extraordinary mobile structures that resemble animals. Now, the life and death cycle of these famous animals — formed mostly out

NY jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in sex crimes retrial

ADVERTISEMENTFormer movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted on Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a third charge.The split verdict was a measure of vindication for his accusers and prosecutors, but also to Weinstein after the landmark case was thrown

Director Akinola Davies Jr. on breaking new ground for Nigerian cinema

ADVERTISEMENTMy Father’s Shadow made history the moment it hit this year's Cannes lineup.Akinola Davies Jr.’s hauntingly beautiful debut became the first Nigerian film to receive an official selection at the festival, a milestone moment not just for the filmmaker but for African cinema as a whole. “Representing Nigeria to me is a real badge of

World’s biggest TikTok star leaves US after being detained by ICE

ADVERTISEMENTKhaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality, has left the US after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa.The Senegalese-Italian influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday at Harry Reid International Airport but was allowed to leave the US without a deportation order, a

Lost Auguste Rodin sculpture sells for €860,000 at auction in France

ADVERTISEMENTA small marble sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, which was long thought to be a copy, has fetched €860,000 at an auction in France, at the Château de Villandry (Indre-et-Loire), according to the website of the Rouillac auction house.‘Le Désespoir’ (‘Despair’), a variation on the famous ‘Porte de l’Enfer’ (‘The Gates of Hell’), was

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Meet the Austrian carpenter safeguarding precious flutes

ADVERTISEMENT In his workshop overlooking the Austrian town of Dornbirn, Elmar Kalb usually designs and creates objects that many other carpenters also make: benches, tables, chairs, wooden trays and bookshelves. But in 2018, the carpenter started working on a very different project: reinventing instrument cases for flutes. Kalb had been approached by Korean-born flutist Jasmine

Life-sized animal puppets complete 20,000km climate crisis journey

ADVERTISEMENT Back in April, a herd of towering, life-sized animal puppets - from elephants, giraffes, to antelopes and lions - set out from Kinshasa, in the Congo rainforest, on a hugely ambitious journey that would take them across two continents and 20,000km. Their migration - fictional but steeped in reality - was designed to mirror
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