ADVERTISEMENT Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh, has issued an extraordinary warning: without fresh government funding, it may be forced to shut its doors. The museum says a shortfall in state support threatens a €104m renovation plan - and with it the safety of the
ADVERTISEMENT Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has urged Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel over the war in Gaza. The director of All About My Mother, The Skin I Live In and the Golden Lion-winning The Room Next Door called the conflict a "genocide" and prompted Sánchez to convince other
ADVERTISEMENT Princess Diana's time capsule, which she buried in 1991 in London, was opened prematurely yesterday, revealing its content. The lead-cased wooden box was there to mark the laying of the foundation stone of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Diana having become the president of the children’s hospital in 1989. The capsule was intended to
ADVERTISEMENT Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh, has issued an extraordinary warning: without fresh government funding, it may be forced to shut its doors. The museum says a shortfall in state support threatens a €104m renovation plan - and with it the safety of the
ADVERTISEMENT Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has urged Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel over the war in Gaza. The director of All About My Mother, The Skin I Live In and the Golden Lion-winning The Room Next Door called the conflict a "genocide" and prompted Sánchez to convince other
ADVERTISEMENTAmerican actress Renée Victor, who voiced the scene-stealing, sandal-throwing Abuelita in Disney’s animated hit film Coco and played the wisecracking Lupita in the TV show Weeds has died aged 86.Victor’s death was confirmed on Monday by a representative, Julie Smith, who said the actress had lymphoma for several years. She died Friday at her home in Sherman
ADVERTISEMENTWhen we left the 28 (pick your time span) Later franchise in 2007, the protocol-breaching actions of two misguided siblings led to the carpetbombing of London’s no-longer-safe zone.Kids... What can you do?28 Weeks Later, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s surprisingly effective follow up to director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland’s 2002 zombie genre revitalizing horror experience, ended
ADVERTISEMENTAfter years of closure, the fully renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera in the heart of Santorini has reopened its doors - reviving a significant modernist building and enriching the island’s cultural offerings. The building, originally constructed after the devastating 1956 earthquake, had long required extensive modernisation. With a €750,000 investment, the site was structurally reinforced