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Meet the young designer transforming old football shirts into corsets

Playing on France's love for fashion, young designer Maï Jarach is giving a second life to old football shirts by transforming them into corsets. And they look amazing.

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Hand of Irulegi: Oldest known ancient Basque text discovered in Spain

The oldest text in ancient Basque known to date has been discovered in the Spanish region of Navarre, inscribed on a bronze hand over 2,000 years old.

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"Ashamed to be European": Life inside a Greek refugee camp

Euronews Culture caught up with Spanish journalist José Núñez to discuss his new book, 'Shukran my friends', chronicling his experience spending 40 days inside a Greek refugee camp in 2016.

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How the discovery of 24 ancient statues will rewrite Italy's history

Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered more than 24 perfectly-preserved bronze statues dating back to ancient Roman times in thermal baths in Tuscany, in what experts are hailing as an extraordinary find

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Madrid immersive exhibition brings to life the work of Pablo Picasso

A new immersive exhibition titled Imagine Picasso is reimagining the work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso through giant light projections

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100 years on from the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb

It's almost 100 years since the tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered in the Valley of the Kings. But what mysteries remain?

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Scottish exhibition explores the past, present and future of plastic

A new exhibition at the V&A Dundee traces the 150-year history of plastic and examines the future of the once popular but now controversial material.

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Meet the jeweller who created this €755,000 diamond dog necklace

Nathalie Knauf has a story to tell. It starts with a childhood incident that ignited her fondness for dogs and led her to become an enthusiastic champion of canine welfare. Find out more here.

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UK teen launches campaign to add glasses to emojis

British 13-year-old, Lowri Moore, who convinced Disney to create a bespectacled heroine (in the film 'Encanto'), visits Google and Meta headquarters in London to demand more emoji options with glasses

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Mexican town believes late grandmother is inspiration for Pixar's Coco

On the eve of the Day of the Dead, a group of visitors from abroad and all over Mexico visit the house of late Maria Salud Ramirez, who they are certain was the inspiration for the famous Pixar animated film Coco (2017).

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Artworks stolen by the Nazis go on display in new exhibition in France

In Strasbourg, an exhibition brings together 27 artworks looted by Nazi Germany and repatriated in 1945, in the hope of one day, being able to return them to their rightful owners or their descendants

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Which celebrity costume slayed for Halloween 2022?

From Kim Kardashian's Mystique to Heidi Klum's terrifyingly bizarre worm costume, let's take a look at some of the A-listers who went all out for their Halloween 2022 looks.

Food and Drink

Fungi foraging: 5 safe and edible wild mushrooms to look out for

Autumn rains have given mushroom pickers in France and Switzerland a bumper crop this year, but with a multitude of fungi rich for picking, amateur foragers are urged to check with certified mushroom inspectors before feasting on their finds

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The mythical creatures of Europe: Ogres

For this final edition of Euronews Culture's look at some of the lesser known mythical creatures of Europe, we travel to France to discover the origins of the ogre.

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Iceland's prime minister releases her first crime thriller novel

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, crime fiction fan and Iceland's Prime Minister, publishes her first thriller novel alongside Ragnar Jónasson, a best-selling Icelandic author.

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The return of Rihanna & Black Panther

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was unveiled last night at its world premiere in Hollywood, which fans learned will feature a lead single from Rihanna. It will mark the singer's first new music in six years.

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Gaddafi-inspired artwork wins prestigious MAXXI art prize

An art piece inspired by the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to Italy in 2009 has won the prestigious MAXXI Bulgari Prize

Lifestyle

Meet Jeremy Fragrance: The world's most popular perfume influencer

We spoke to Jeremy Fragrance, the world's most popular perfume influencer. What is a perfume influencer we hear you ask? Well click here to find out.

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Robberies & ransoms: Artists who have had their music stolen from them

Stolen albums: Lana Del Rey has recently revealed a laptop containing songs from her upcoming album was stolen a few months ago from her car. But what other artists have had similar incidents happen to them?

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Indian holy city lights 1.5m lamps to retain Diwali world record

As dusk fell on Sunday, over 1.5 million oil lamps were lit and kept burning for 45 minutes on the banks of Saryu River in the northern city of Ayodhya, India

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