- Advertisement -

CATEGORY

CULTURE

SOCIETY

New York City planning to remove homeless encampments from streets

Digital Desk -
New York City officials are planning to remove makeshift shelters set up by homeless people on the streets, mirroring similar efforts in other liberal...
ARTS

Rubens masterpiece Portrait Of A Lady sells for £2.6m

Digital Desk -
Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th century masterpiece Portrait Of A Lady has sold for the equivalent of £2.6 million at a Warsaw auction, becoming the...
SOCIETY

US congress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching a hate crime

Digital Desk -
US congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in America. The bill will...
BUSINESS

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people

Digital Desk -
Wales is to roll out one of the most generous basic income schemes ever trialled in the world to its care leavers this year. The...
ARTS

Terracotta lovers still in tender embrace after 2,500 years

Digital Desk -
A pair of terracotta lovers caught in a tender embrace for 2,500 years are getting some Valentine’s Day TLC from Italian cultural officials. One of...
CULTURE

Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival due to surging Covid cases

Digital Desk -
The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number...
ARTS

Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai

Digital Desk -
Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that is literally from out of this world. Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond – believed to...
ARTS

Spider-Man comic page sells for record £2.44m

Digital Desk -
A single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book has sold at a US auction for a record 3.36 million dollars (£2.44...
ARTS

New hi-tech photo brings Rembrandt’s Night Watch up close

Digital Desk -
Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic and huge painting The Night Watch is now also a supersized museum photo delivered right to your laptop in unsurpassed...
ARTS

Rare Superman comic book fetches stellar price at auction

Digital Desk -
A rare copy of a Superman comic book that sold for a dime in 1939 has been purchased for 2.6 million dollars (£1.96m) in...
1...678...17Page 7 of 17

Latest news

- Advertisement -