Culture news Have Kneecap posters been censored in London transport? The band’s manager Daniel Lambert has claimed that Transport For London would not allow promotional posters for Kneecap's new album 'Fenian'. 06/05/2026
Explore İstanbul luxury: where ancient heritage meets the Bosphorus In partnership with GoTürkiye From Ottoman palaces to ancient rituals, İstanbul is redefining high-end travel by rooting modern sophistication in its deep cultural history. 05/05/2026
Culture news Historic ship 'Kyrenia II' sets sail once again in Cypriot waters The 'Kyrenia II' ship was built in 1985 thanks to an ancient technique and made the journey from Piraeus to Paphos autonomously. 27/04/2026
Culture news Hadrian's Wall souvenir from 2nd century AD found in Spain Researchers from the CSIC and the National Archaeological Museum have published a study of the 'Berlanga cup', an exceptional Roman piece from the 2nd century AD made in Britain and found in Soria. It's the only one of its kind with data from the eastern flank of Hadrian's Wall. 26/04/2026
No Comment Ukraine’s Chernobyl ‘liquidators’ return 40 years after disaster Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in April 2026 as former clean-up workers returned to the site. 24/04/2026
Culture news Vespa turns 80: The Italian icon of global freedom From a 1946 patent to global icon: A revolutionary design which became a big screen darling and more. 23/04/2026
Travel News This Spanish city is Europe’s top trending destination for summer 2026 More travellers are heading to this Costa Blanca city this summer for its warm weather, delicious food and rich culture. 22/04/2026
Culture news Spanish archaeologists find Homer's Iliad poem in Egyptian tomb A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek literature in Roman Egypt. 21/04/2026
Voices from Central Asia Meet the man behind the end of nuclear testing In partnership with MDQ Olzhas Suleimenov, a Soviet and Kazakh writer and public figure, has left a lasting legacy at the intersection of literature and activism. Rising to global prominence as the leader of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement, he played a key role in the closure of the world’s first nuclear test site. 15/04/2026
Culture news France passes bill on restitution of art looted during colonial era France’s National Assembly has unanimously passed a bill to return cultural property looted from the country’s former colonial empire. 15/04/2026
Culture news Scholars revisit Amir Temur beyond military legacy New academic research highlights the Timurid era as a structured system of scientific and cultural development. An international conference brought together global experts to reassess primary sources and expand cooperation on historical research and preservation. 14/04/2026
Culture news New report suggests Christopher Columbus was from Galician nobility For the first time, a new scientific study has provided genetic evidence that points to Christopher Columbus having descended from Galician nobility in Spain and specifically from the Sotomayor lineage. 13/04/2026
Culture news Dirt detective digs at German castle ruins without permission Germany's cultural heritage community is embroiled in a row after an amateur archaeologist uncovered an ancient construction. The problem however is that he didn't have permission to dig at the site of Metilstein Castle near Eisenach. 05/04/2026
Culture news The 'hoax' of the Nazi time zone in Spain that still robs us of sleep Much has been written about the fact that Spain adheres to CET, rather than being on Greenwich Mean Time, the same zone as the United Kingdom and Portugal. It's widely believed to be the result of a gesture from Franco to Hitler. Although not true, Spain is still torn between history and health. 29/03/2026
Culture news En garde: Have the bones of the real d'Artagnan been found? The Gascon nobleman was the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas' 19th-century hero in "The Three Muskateers", a character who is now known the world over thanks to the novel and its many film adaptations. 26/03/2026
Food and Drink Today's Pinot Noir already existed in France in the Middle Ages A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilets of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still used today to produce pinot noir, scientists announced on Tuesday. 25/03/2026