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Slow TV: 'Puppy Live' and the comforts of longform, unedited viewing

Crackling fires, train rides, and now puppy births – rolling 24/7 television streams of nature's most simple events have got millions of Finnish people tuning in to unwind.

17/12/2021

Culture news

Over 16,000 French libraries to be protected in new law

The law was signed in unanimously, with one senator noting the symbolic importance of books in the fight against fascism.

17/12/2021

Art

Long lost antiquities: Italy reunited with 200 'stolen' artefacts

The valuable antiquities, which include a 7th century BCE ceramic vessel and terracotta face of a goddess, are being returned to Italy from various museums and collections in America.

16/12/2021

Culture news

Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO

Leena Nair will join the global fashion entity from her executive role at Unilever – the first Asian woman to do so, and the third woman outside of the Chanel's themselves.

15/12/2021

Culture news

Why Elon Musk was named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'

The entrepreneur courted consistent controversy in 2021 but received the ambiguous honour for his public prominence and financial success.

14/12/2021

Scenes

Meet the men sparking the beatboxing revolution in Kashmir

In partnership with Media City

“I look at beatboxing as an empty canvas on which you can portray your creativity, your skills."

13/12/2021

Art

Banksy designs t-shirts to help Bristol's Colston statue defendants

The world-famous street artist sold the design in stores across the city for £25 each to raise money for the four protestors charged with criminal damage over the disposal of a slave trader statue during a Black Lives Matter march.

13/12/2021

Culture news

Meet the rock photographer who put The Charlatans in a lake

Tony (AJ) Barratt travelled the world photographing music's most influential artists for over a decade. Here, we explore some of his best shots and the stories behind them.

12/12/2021

Culture news

Sonic Art: Visit the gallery that puts sound at the centre of creation

Meet the curators of a gallery in which there is nothing to see, but a lot to hear.

10/12/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Author Georges M Johnson: ‘Masculinity is not really a thing’

In this episode of Cry Like a Boy the author of critically-acclaimed memoir ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ Georges M Johnson addresses the questions about race, identity and gender.

09/12/2021

Culture news

Government says Amazon lobbied against French bookshop protection bill

Senator Laure Darcos claims the tech giant lobbied the French government for months in an attempt to stop proposals that would level the playing field for its beloved bookstores.

09/12/2021

Spain

Giant star lights up Barcelona as Sagrada Familia tower inaugurated

The 138-metre tower dedicated to the Virgin Mary is the tallest of the nine completed thus far and the first to be inaugurated since 1976.

08/12/2021

Cinema

Twelve movies go head-to-head at the ArteKino Festival online event

The festival, an alternative to the film mainstream, will continue its screening until the end of December, with features in six different languages.

07/12/2021

Art

French manga community celebrates release of 100th 'One Piece' comic

Over 250,000 copies of the world's biggest Japanese strip were printed ahead of the centesimal release of 'One Piece'.

07/12/2021

Culture news

Fake Love: Drake returns two Grammy nominations back to the Academy

The 35-year-old is said to have contacted the Recording Academy to withdraw his submissions for the 2022 ceremony.

07/12/2021

Culture news

'After Love' comes out tops at the British Independent Film Awards

Aleem Khan took to the stage for his Best Director win, announcing that "not in my wildest dreams did I think this would be happening tonight."

06/12/2021

Experiences

This unique cultural festival is lighting up the streets of Seoul

Photos from the 13th annual lantern festival bringing light and colour to the Korean capital.

05/12/2021

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Frida Kahlo's world comes to life in an immersive exhibition

This Madrid exhibition brings Frida Kahlo's masterpieces and diaries to life. With 2,500 animated photograms projected on a 12,152 sq feet surface which also includes the floor, this cinematic experience aims to highlight the Mexican artist's personal strength.

04/12/2021

Art

Paris exhibition traces immigrant contribution to France

The exhibition is open until January 17 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

03/12/2021

Culture news

Alexis Michalik brings Broadway to Paris with 'The Producers'

With famous lines like 'Springtime for Hitler and Germany...Winter for Poland and France,' how will Mel Brooks' classic go down in Paris?

02/12/2021