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‘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’...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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French actor Alain Delon to file legal complaint against son over ‘media outburst’
Anthony Delon told a magazine his father was finding it hard to accept his frail state...
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Courtroom drama is Hong Kong’s highest grossing Chinese-language film ever
Analysts suggest popularity of A Guilty Conscience is down to portrayal of recent abuses in judicial...
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Young lover in Robert Doisneau’s Paris kiss photograph dies aged 93
Françoise Bornet’s embrace with then boyfriend in 1950 became one of the most famous images of...
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Ocean Alley musician apologises for shoplifting after New Zealand shop shares CCTV footage
Lachlan Galbraith says he feels ‘deep regret’ for stealing a drink bottle lid, but the Hunting...
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‘It’s a golden age’: poetry flourishes in Ukraine – but at a terrible price
Conflict has changed Ukrainian poetry and boosted interest at home and abroad, but several poets have...
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Taylor Swift fan died of heat exhaustion at Rio concert, forensics report finds
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died hours after the singer’s 17 November show – a day when...