Theo Farrant

Art

The Russian exhibition exploring the country's rich Christmas history

Hundreds of trinkets and decorations from three centuries of Christmas and New Year celebrations are on display at the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve in Moscow.

13/12/2021

Culture news

Lights dazzle in swimming pool to celebrate Santa Lucia Day in Sweden

Children and teenagers from the Neptun Synchronised Swimming Club got together to perform for the Santa Lucia festival of light in one of Stockholm's grandest pools.

13/12/2021

Culture news

Norway's Magnus Carlsen takes home fifth World Chess Championship

Bonafide Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen retained his world class chess title as he recorded a fourth win over Russian challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi.

13/12/2021

Culture news

Chopin's last piano gets its 19th century magic back

The last piano Frederic Chopin ever played is currently being restored in the Polish capital. The historic instrument is being given back its original mid-19th century characteristics using expert knowledge and a lot of patience.

10/12/2021

Culture news

Killing time with Pakistan's lonely clock collector

Hundreds of antique clocks fill a small hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, where collector Gul Kakar swears he will spend all the time he has left caring for them.

10/12/2021

Culture news

Green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' star of Steve McCurry exhibition in Paris

Inside a new retrospective exhibition of Steve McCurry's most beautiful photographs as it opens at the Musée Maillol in Paris.

09/12/2021

Art

Priceless Rembrandt painting to be stretched to reverse deformations

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has announced plans to re-stretch Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting 'The Night Watch', reverse deformations found in its top-left corner.

09/12/2021

Culture news

French tightrope walker stuns Rio beachgoers with latest daring walk

Nathan Paulin elegantly manoeuvred the peaks of two hills on the sands of Rio's Red Beach.

07/12/2021

Culture news

Romanian COVID clinic makes Christmas tree out of vaccine containers

Staff at one the largest COVID-19 vaccination centers in Bucharest, Romania, have built a three meter tall Christmas tree out of the empty vaccine containers.

07/12/2021

Culture news

Abdulrazak Gurnah receives his Nobel Literature Prize in London

British novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, received his medal on Monday in London.

07/12/2021

Art

The world's largest teddy bear exhibition delights visitors in Russia

Hundreds of teddy bears, all under one roof and some with a price tag of $700. More than 500 exhibitors brought their cuddy toys to 'Hello Teddy' in Moscow for the annual teddy bear display.

06/12/2021

Culture news

Spectacular Chinese lantern festival lights up French town of Blagnac

The festival goes back to the time of the Tang Dynasty, between the 7th and 10th centuries.

06/12/2021

Culture news

Find out why a medieval Spanish king was known as 'Alfonso the Wise'

These works gather the ancient knowledge of different cultures which visited the Iberian Peninsula: from texts by Aristotle and Ptolemy to Latin, Arabic and Hebrew works, and of contemporary contributions developed both in the Latin West and the Islamic world

06/12/2021

Culture news

Netflix's 'Prayer for the Stolen': Childhood cartel tale set for Mexic

In her feature debut, documentary filmmaker Tatiana Huezo offers a harrowing tale of three girls growing up in a place terrorised by a Mexican drug gangs.

03/12/2021

Culture news

Romanian prisoners take to the stage in annual theatre festival

Every winter, inmates from Romanian jails begin rehearsals for an on-stage production performed at the 'Liberation Through Culture' festival. Organisers say it's an immense help to what they do with the rest of their sentences.

02/12/2021

Food and Drink

Spicy delights shared at South Korea's annual kimchi making festival

More than 150 people joined Buddhist monks to prepare the traditional dish to give to South Korean families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

02/12/2021

Culture news

Iranian museum showcases vintage cars once owned by royal family

Luxurious vintage cars once belonging to the last Shah of the Pahlavi Dynasty, Mohammad Reza Shah, have gone on display at the Iran Historical Car Museum.

01/12/2021

Art

Villa featuring world's only Caravaggio mural on sale for €471 million

A private property that's thought to be home to the world's only Caravaggio mural will be auctioned off in Rome next month. The mural itself is thought to be worth at least €300 million.

01/12/2021

Culture news

Terrified looking ancient mummy discovered by archeologists in Peru

Archaeologists have found a bizarre looking mummy and a host of other treasures in a tomb seven floors underground. They believe it could date back to pre-Inca times 800 years ago.

30/11/2021

Design

Madrid monk's unfinished 'scrap cathedral' lives on after his death

For over 60 years, former monk Justo Gallego built a cathedral out of recycled materials on the outskirts of Madrid. The 96-year-old died over the weekend, raising sad questions about what happens to it.

30/11/2021