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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.

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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.

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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.

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And the LUX Audience Award goes to... 'The Teachers' Lounge'

German director Ilker Çatak was awarded the 2024 LUX European Audience Film during a ceremony at the EU Parliament.

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Olivier Awards 2024: Nicole Scherzinger's 'Sunset Boulevard' wins big

The Olivier Awards, the UK's equivalent of Broadway's Tony Awards, took place on Sunday at London's Royal Albert Hall.

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CDP Awards: Celebrating European frontrunners in green transition

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Key players from major companies, cities and financial institutions debated how to finance the ecological transition at the CDP Awards Europe 2024.

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BAFTA Game Awards 2024: Baldur's Gate 3 triumphs with five wins

At the 20th BAFTA Game Awards, Baldur's Gate 3 dominated with five wins, including best game, while Super Mario Bros. Wonder secured two victories.

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Andrey Gugnin takes €150,000 First Prize at 2024 Classic Piano International Competition

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Marking the culmination of a journey that began way back in 2022, the 3rd Edition of the Classic Piano International Competition came to a close on Monday 26th February.

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Take a look at these award-winning street murals from around the world

SFHIR's "Fene's Violonchelist" wins Best Mural of the World, a towering ode to music unveiled during the Perla Mural Fest in August 2023.

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BAFTA TV Awards: "The Crown" and "Black Mirror" lead nominations

Other big nominees this year for the best on British TV awards include "Happy Valley", "Top Boy", "The Last Of Us" and "Succession".

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The 2024 GLAAD Media Awards: Who won?

Oprah Winfrey and Reneé Rapp were among those awarded at this year's GLAAD Media Awards, a celebration of queer representation in media.