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Why R.E.M. performing live again is such a big deal

R.E.M. took to the stage at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony to perform an acoustic rendition of their hit ‘Losing My Religion’.

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Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards

Klein thanked the prize for “not shying away from controversy” and continues to back calls for book festivals to stop taking money from companies with investments in fossil fuels or Israel’s defense sector.

Art

Comedy Pet Photo Awards 2024: Feast your eyes on the winners

From a pup with some cat flap issues to a cat aspiring to be Tarzan, the winners of this year's Comedy Pet Photo Awards do not disappoint.

Food and Drink

Check out the winners of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year

The grand prize went to Chinese photographer Zhonghua Yang for their delightful photo of a woman making New Year dim sum.

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Art

Take a look at the jaw-dropping Drone Photo Awards 2024 finalists

The nominated works were chosen from over 2,000 submissions from 113 countries for the world's most prestigious aerial photography competition.

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Sean Baker's tribute to sex workers 'Anora' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

The US director collected the Best Film prize that he'd 'worked for all his life' and paid tribute to sex workers around the world.

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Romanian poet Ana Blandiana wins 2024 Princess of Asturias Award

In selecting her as the winner the Asturias jury highlighted Ana Blandiana's "indomitable poetry" with which she has shown an "extraordinary capacity for resistance in the face of censorship."

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#TikTokShortFilm competition returns for a third year at Cannes

With over 75,000 videos submitted from 55 countries, TikTok announced the winners of the #TikTokShortFilm competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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Photo London takes over Somerset House

Britain’s biggest photography fair returned to the Thames riverbank this week, welcoming over 120 exhibitors from around the world to London’s historic Somerset House.

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BAFTA TV Awards: Top Boy, Happy Valley and Sixth Commandment triumph

Comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan hosted the ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall honouring the best of British TV.

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Stories of race, slavery and US Civil War earn 2024 Pulitzer Prizes

Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes honour the best in journalism and the arts.

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Only one of the world’s cleanest airports is in Europe

A new ranking reveals Asia has the world’s cleanest airports based on factors including the cleanliness of seating and toilet facilities.

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Major renovations lead nominations for UK Museum of the Year 2024

The shortlist for the UK’s Museum of the Year has been announced, bringing together a range of institutions which have recently gone through major revamps.

Design

German study pavilion wins EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture 2024

The German project outshined 39 other finalists from across Europe, including a mystical garden near Lund, Sweden, a vertical school in Madrid, Spain and a floating university in Berlin.

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Les Flammes 2024: Aya Nakamura reigns supreme wins three top awards

Aya Nakamura has cemented her status as the French queen of hip-hop at Les Flammes. The awards were created by Yard and Booska-P, in partnership with Spotify, in response to the longstanding neglect of rap and R&B genres at France's Victoires awards.

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What Europe can learn from the UK's Northern Music Awards

The first Northern Music Awards were held last night in Manchester as part of a drive to highlight the level of quality music being created outside of the UK’s capital.

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Here are this year's Ivor Novello nominees

Nominees have been announced for the 2024 Ivor Novello Awards, the awards that celebrate the best songwriting and composing for the previous year in British and Irish popular music.

Design

EUmies architecture prize set to announce 2024 winner

From 362 nominees, 40 finalists compete for a €60,000 prize, with additional recognition for emerging architects.

Art

Check out the winning images of Sony World Photography Awards 2024

French photographer Juliette Pavy won Photographer of the Year, for her series on the forced contraception and sterilisation of Greenlandic Inuit women.

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PEN America cancels 2024 awards as authors withdraw over Gaza stance

PEN America cancelled next week’s awards ceremony after dozens of authors dropped out in protest of the literary organisation’s response to the war in Gaza.