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Travelling art: Raphael journeys to Moscow, Warhol to Bilbao

Masterpieces by Renaissance painter Raphael have made a rare departure from Italy and are on show at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum.

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The creme of electro dance music gathers in Greece

Born in 2005, the Reworks festival in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has grown into one of Europe’s best-known platforms for acclaimed and emerging electronic music artists…

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Peruvian pleasures of the table

From the highest altitudes to the depths of the Pacific, Peru is rich in wild and untamed tastes unfamiliar to most palates. But now internationally-renowned chefs are putting Peru's cuisine on the ma

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Traveller's diary: from gastronomy's capital to coffee fields

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'Game of Thrones' scores 12 Emmys

Fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” won the top Emmy for a second straight year on Sunday (September 18), fending off challenges from newcomers.

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This autumn's cultural highlights

Marrakech is preparing to host its International Film Festival, featuring a rich selection of both international and homegrown talent.

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From dance in Lyon to cinema in San Sebastian: what's on in Europe

The Dance Biennial in Lyon is one Europe’s largest events of its kind.

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Sima Bina: a life devoted to Iranian folk music

Mett Iranian folk music master Sima Bina, who has devoted her life to keeping alive melodies from every corner of Iran and beyond.

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: Samarkand's lost art of papermaking

The paper made here was considered to be among the finest in the world

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Madrid: Thousand protesters call for an ban on bullfighting

Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday to call for an end to bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local authorities to clamp down on the centur

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'The Woman Who Left' wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Lav Diaz’s ‘The Woman Who Left’ (‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’) has won the Golden Lion award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.

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TIFF: Oliver Stone makes a comeback and Ewan McGregor debuts in Toronto

Snowden It’s been dubbed the most important and galvanizing political drama by an American filmmaker in years.

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Our cultural tips: from rebels to Rembrandt

Running at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘You Say You Want a Revolution?

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Chinese lantern festival on Danube island

China’s traditional Lantern Festival has come to Europe, with 36 sculptures, lit by 18,000 LEDs on Vienna’s Danube island.

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Versailles, fake chairs, and a French antiques scandal

An art scandal is brewing in France after the arrest of two respected antiques dealers on suspicion of selling fake furniture to Versailles.

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World Nomad Games: creating cultural connections

Cholpon-Ata, a city in the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, is host to the Second World Nomad Games, with athletes from over forty countries.

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Rendez-vous with Björk in London, the Beats in Paris, bands in Berlin and Bacon in Monte Carlo

Somerset House in London, hosts Björk Digital is an exhibition of works by Icelandic artist Bjork.

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Taiwan: massage for pampered pooches

It’s a dogs life.

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El Salvador: fireballs battle with the devil

Locals in the town of Nejapa in El Salvador have gathered, to hurl fireballs at one another in honour of a huge volcanic eruption in 1922 which forced all of the residents to abandon the…

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Spain: Tomatina festival

Over 20,000 revelers hurled 150,000 kilos of ripe tomatoes at each other in the ‘Tomatina’ festival held every year on the third Wednesday of August in the Spanish town of Buñol, 38 kilometres west of