London has been abloom with images of animals in recent days. They are the work of Banksy, the mysterious street artist, who has posted art in unexpected places since the 1990s. Over the past two weeks, he has spray-painted a mountain goat atop a wall buttress in west London, two...

Opinion: Banksy's London Zoo, art's simple joy during complex times

LONDON -- The gorilla and other animals that appeared to have escaped from the London Zoo in Banksy 's most recent work have been taken into safekeeping. The zoo said it removed the elusive street artist's mural on its gate Friday evening to preserve it and return its entrance to full operation after mobs of visitors came to see it over five days last week.

'Banksy woz ere.' London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist's animal mural for protection

Artworks from one of Britain's most celebrated artists, Banksy, have appeared across London in the past few weeks, delighting and surprising the city's residents. Banksy's real identity remains unclear after decades in the public eye, and he's unveiled art installations that have left critics and fans guessing, as Willem Marx reports.

Banksy's back with surprise daily street art of animals across London

East London might be getting a new creative space, thanks to a partnership between property developers and Newham Council. Arts group Create London has revealed plans to transform an old Victorian warehouse into a community arts hub. The disused building is on Plaistow’s Stock Street and it’s been empty since...

This derelict east London warehouse is being turned into an arts centre

London Theatre Week is back! The biggest annual sale in the London theatre calendar comes just as the summer holiday are winding down and just as we’re starting to contemplate what we’re going to do with ourselves during the autumn. And the answer is – great news, there’s...

You can get tickets for West End shows from just £15: check our top 5 picks from London Theatre Week 2024

French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88. The actor was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known for his tough-guy persona on screen in hits including The Samurai and Borsalino. "He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his...

French film giant Alain Delon dies aged 88

"You can be racist but not deaf," the superstar defiantly told the world in the face of racist attacks while gearing up for the performance of a lifetime. The world took notice during the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Paris this afternoon as French pop superstar Aya Nakamura strutted across a bridge over the Seine. Donning a gold metallic feather mini dress and a bold blonde bust down, the songstress belted out her smash hit single “Pookie” while accompanied by a live band helmed by France’s Republican Guard.

Meet Aya Nakamura, The French Superstar Who Bucked Racism To Perform At The Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony

The Independent

 The search for British billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter has entered a crucial stage after the businessman’s yacht sank following a tornado off the coast of the Sicilian capital Palermo.The 50-metre luxury boat, named Bayesian, had 22 people on board when it sank in the early hours of Monday, with four Britons among the six missing, according to local media.The yacht sank as a fierce storm battered the area overnight, and was flying a British flag, according to ship-tracking site Marine Traffic.Salvo Cocina of Sicily’s civil protection agency said: “They were in the wrong place at the wrong...

Everything we know so far about the search for Mike Lynch and the Bayesian superyacht sinking in Sicily

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	A landmark artwork that won praise and an award at the Venice Biennale has joined the collections of England’s Tate museum network and South Brisbane’s Queensland Art Gallery.The Pitfalls of the Something-for-Everyone Approach to the Venice Biennale




	Archie Moore’s kith and kin (2024), an installation currently on view at the Golden Lion–winning Australian Pavilion, has now found ownership with those two institutions. They obtained the work via joint acquisition, meaning that they will share it.




	Following the Venice Biennale’s conclusion in November, the piece will head next year to the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, where it will remain...

Archie Moore’s Award-Winning Venice Biennale Installation Acquired by Tate, Queensland Art Gallery

New York Post

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his high-flying Big Apple lawyer and a Morgan Stanley banking boss are among the six people still missing after the luxury superyacht they were vacationing on sank off Sicily’s coast.

Lynch, 59, and his friends were believed to have been celebrating on board the 160-foot Bayesian sailboat after the entrepreneur was acquitted just weeks ago of criminal fraud charges in a high-profile case in the US.  

Among those on board the yacht — which sank after being struck by an intense storm early Monday — is his defense lawyer, Christopher Morvillo, and Jonathan Bloomer, a...

The passengers still missing after lavish yacht Bayesian sank off Italy

LONDON (Reuters) - An intense storm sank a luxury yacht off Sicily's coast on Monday, killing one man and leaving six missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter. Fifteen people escaped before the yacht sank. Here are details about the missing passengers. MIKE LYNCH AND DAUGHTER HANNAH.

Factbox-Who Are the Six Missing in Luxury Yacht Disaster off Sicily

France on Monday paid homage to film legend Alain Delon following his death at 88, with tributes pouring in for the actor who became one of his country's biggest stars, but was also shadowed by controversy. - Controversial views -
In Japan, another solid fanbase for Delon, many film buffs also mourned the death of the "handsome" actor from France.

France pays tribute to screen legend Alain Delon

Situated between Vyner Street and the Andrews Road gallery enclave, this Mare Street curiosity shop is both on the art circuit and determinedly off any beaten track. Peek through the windows and you’ll see a world in which velvet-cloaked Victorians, or perhaps The Mighty Boosh, might reside. Entering the shop, which is also the spiritual home of the esoterically minded Last Tuesday Society, reveals a wunderkammer of shells, skulls, taxidermy specimens and assorted oddities. Art gets a designated space in the first-floor gallery but, unsurprisingly, shows tend towards the eerily surreal. Its ground floor is home to a ‘pataphysical’ cocktail bar and absinthe parlour stocking the country’s largest curation of traditional absinthes, and where you can imbibe the ‘green goddess’ from an antique absinthe fountain. Don’t you just love a beverage with an elaborate ritual?

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History

Nation is a metro station in the east of Paris, away from the city’s carefully curated Olympic trail. There are no giant pink signs pointing the way to the nearest venue here. On the platform, a man and his dog slump on a rotten mattress. At the top of the stairs another man is lying motionless on the street, his phone spilled from his pocket, looking half-dead.The station serves Le Place de Nation, a giant leafy roundabout with a pedestrianised ring and a dozen boulevards spoked off in every direction. It is a bustling, diverse space, and at 6pm on...

The side of the Paris Olympics they don’t want you to see

Plymouth, MA

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The Plymouth Public Library Foundation has announced the return of its Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, a two-day celebration that promises to be a highlight of the summer season. Set to take place on the scenic Plymouth Public Library Lawn, the festival will run from 10 AM to 4 PM on both Saturday, August 10th, and Sunday, August 11th. This family-friendly event is designed to offer something for everyone, making it a perfect outing for people of all ages.

50+ Artisans, Food Trucks & More: Get Ready For The 5th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

When the magic is just right, a certain type of live performance can leave you spellbound. A sense of collective awe steals over you, and for minutes or hours – or even just a matter of seconds – you’re suspended in a state of light, expansive, thoughtless oblivion. Eventually, the music stops, or a cough somewhere in the audience snaps you back into reality, but you’ve tapped into something magical, and you leave the room feeling as though everything in the universe has recalibrated into place – that each cell in your body is exactly where it's supposed to be. I’m sure that this kind of transcendent experience is within reach at pop concerts – like when Taylor Swift turned Qudos Bank Arena into a frenzy, or friendship bracelets and glitter, and when fred again.. brought his euphoric breed of EDM to the Opera House for a surprise show that caused mass hysteria among teenage boys and middle-aged mums alike. But for me, that feeling is most easily accessed through classical and orchestral music.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra just turned 50 – and they're celebrating with a fresh, genre-bending new program

Glastonbury has long been and gone. The sun has begun to set at 8pm. Summer is drawing to a close and with it the 2024 festival season, but not without a last hurrah from the iconic double-whammy of Leeds and Reading festivals. The joint festival dates back to the early...

Reading and Leeds 2024: lineup, dates, headliners, location and tickets

The US Sun

MIKE Lynch is a billionaire tech entrepreneur who went missing in August 2024 after superyacht Bayesian sank in Sicily. There were 12 guests and 10 crew on board – 15 were rescued. Who is Mike Lynch? Mike Lynch is the co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and the founder of Invoke Capital. He is also a co-founder […]

Who is Mike Lynch? British billionaire missing after Bayesian superyacht sinks in Sicily

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

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Immersive art stars Nonotak are making their UK solo debut in London this month

Nonotak, the duo of Noemi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto, are making their UK solo debut at the end of August. They’re taking over a huge warehouse...

Immersive art stars Nonotak are making their UK solo debut in London this month

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