~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (22)
-
Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale
MP says trade in remains is ‘gross violation of human dignity’, as skulls from Pitt Rivers...
-
Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for...
-
Gérard Depardieu to stand trial over sexual assault allegations
Two women say actor assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other...
-
Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game
Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests...
-
Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63
Director of Palme d’Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in...
-
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it...
-
‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle
Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’...
-
Revealed: the picture sneaked by employee into a German gallery
Technician, who hung his own picture in an exhibition about art world glitches, has been sacked...
-
German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery
Staff member put work on display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne ‘in hope of achieving his...
-
‘I wanted to end my life’: ‘Bookseller of Kabul’ rebuilds destroyed business
Shah Muhammad Rais was devastated when Taliban destroyed his shop, but now he is sending books...
-
The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words
More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art...
-
Ulysses’ Molly Bloom to be brought to life in video at Derry festival
Fiona Shaw, Cush Jumbo, Imelda Staunton and Miriam Margolyes to enact parts of novel’s concluding monologue...
-
Historic meeting of French impressionists recreated in Paris exhibition
Immersive tour at Musée d’Orsay takes visitors back to 15 April 1874 – the moment that...
-
Squid Game actor O Yeong-su convicted of sexual harassment
The 79-year-old actor who won a Golden Globe for his role as Oh II-nam on the...
-
A Separation director Asghar Farhadi cleared of plagiarism claims, says agent
The double Oscar winner’s film A Hero won the grand prix at Cannes in 2021 but...
-
‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and...
-
Disney’s Shōgun breaks mould with careful respect for Japanese culture
High-budget series with largely Japanese cast avoids well-worn western orientalist fantasies and wins plaudits in JapanJapanese...
-
Rare copy of Mao’s Little Red Book expected to fetch more than £30,000
Early editions of the book of quotations will be sold at an auction of Cultural Revolution...
-
British Museum’s Instagram flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue
Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on postsThe...
-
Of death – and laughter: how to write plays in Ukraine during wartime
A dozen playwrights and directors meet in Kyiv and find comedy can be an important part...
-
Shangri-Las lead singer, Mary Weiss, dies aged 75
Weiss led US girl band with run of hit songs about teenage love and tragedy, including...
-
UK curator of African film to receive Bafta award
June Givanni founded London archive documenting Pan-African cinema over 40 yearsA pioneering curator, writer and programmer...