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ADVERTISEMENTHow dedicated do you have to be to amass a peerless art collection?  “I think both the obsession grows, but you get more selective as go on. And you also learn all the time - that's what I like about the art. The knowledge is endless,” says Swiss media and tech mogul Michael Ringier who

ADVERTISEMENTUS rock band ZZ Top stormed the charts in 1983 with a song about a "Sharp Dressed Man," lyrics that this week could apply to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy is currently in The Hague attending this year’s NATO summit in a bid to ensure continued Western military support for his country, which, more than three

ADVERTISEMENTAmazon founder Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding to Lauren Sánchez has been triggering several protests in the historic sinking city, with activist groups staging demonstrations and aiming to obstruct access to the city’s famed canals.While activists belonging to the “No Space For Bezos” group do not have an issue with the marriage itself, the common feeling is

ADVERTISEMENTIt’s just 64cm tall - but this newly discovered dinosaur is causing big excitement at the Natural History Museum. The Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae was a nimble, plant-eating dinosaur that roamed western North America around 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period.Despite living among prehistoric heavyweights like Stegosaurus and Diplodocus, this little runner likely darted

ADVERTISEMENTIf you're planning to attend a music festival in Spain this summer, you might wonder who cashes in the money you spend on the tickets and drinks. Gone are the days of live music sessions when the only concern was getting a good spot on the dance floor to enjoy your favourite band.This year, an

ADVERTISEMENTParis Fashion Week opened Tuesday with Pharrell Williams' Spring/Summer 2026 Louis Vuitton show, rooted in Indian culture and staged in front of the Centre Pompidou.Pharrell fused Paris and Mumbai into a vibrant, sun-soaked vision of Vuitton’s 2026 man - a globe-trotting, style-forward dandy. Models marched in jewelled cricket jerseys, monsoon-sized sleeves, and Bollywood-inspired tailoring, all

ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron has called for French electronic music - also referred to as French touch - to be granted UNESCO cultural heritage status – like Irish harp music, Jamaican reggae and Cuban rumba before it. The list of intangible cultural heritage allows signatory states of the UNESCO Convention to register “practices, representations, expressions, knowledge

ADVERTISEMENTFrench police have detained 12 suspects after nearly 150 people reported being assaulted with syringes across France during its annual "Fête de la Musique" summer festival.  The outdoor festival took place all over France last Saturday, with authorities reporting "unprecedented crowds" in Paris.The Interior Ministry said that 145 people nationwide had reported being stabbed with needles