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Five minutes to steal a Renoir: Why museum thefts are becoming bolder across Europe
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Five minutes to steal a Renoir: Why museum thefts are becoming bolder across Europe

Art crime investigators and security experts say burglaries from galleries across Europe are becoming more brazen.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
We've followed their lives for six decades - now the stars of 7 Up are bowing out
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We've followed their lives for six decades - now the stars of 7 Up are bowing out

70 Up is the final instalment in a series which began in 1964 and has followed the lives of 14 people.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Farmer left in abandoned, freezing town without food and water for TV show
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Farmer left in abandoned, freezing town without food and water for TV show

Ioan Humphreys said he had "zero idea" about what he was getting into in the survival show.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Bids encouraged to keep famed artwork in the UK
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Bids encouraged to keep famed artwork in the UK

Sir Stanley Spencer is synonymous with Cookham, where he was born, lived and set some of his work.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Stacey Solomon and Alesha Dixon to host The Voice UK in ITV revamp
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Stacey Solomon and Alesha Dixon to host The Voice UK in ITV revamp

The pair replace Emma Willis, who has hosted the show since 2014 but is leaving to front Strictly.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to
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‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to

What started as a school project about plucky fictional kids in animal masks sparked an obsessive fanbase and a major label deal. Now the artist behind it all – known as Yaelokre – is ready to reveal...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Céline Dion duets with fan ahead of Paris comeback concert
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Céline Dion duets with fan ahead of Paris comeback concert

The Canadian singer - who was diagnosed with an incurable condition four years ago - has been interacting with fans outside her hotel, ahead of a much-anticipated show on Saturday.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Museum agrees to return remains to ancestral homeland
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Museum agrees to return remains to ancestral homeland

Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum will return more than three dozen sets of human remains to the Naga people.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
James Bay performs with broken ankle at Bon Jovi gig
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James Bay performs with broken ankle at Bon Jovi gig

The Hitchin-born star is wheeled onto the stage with his leg in a cast for his set at Wembley.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Add to playlist: Grumpy’s weirded-up country celebration of trans joy and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: Grumpy’s weirded-up country celebration of trans joy and the week’s best new tracks

Sometime Zach Bryan backing vocalist Heaven Schmitt started Grumpy as a solo project. It’s now a six-piece band, blending alt-country with jubilant solidarityFrom Brooklyn, USRecommended if you like W...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: Second Song review – shaky album occasionally strikes gold
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Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: Second Song review – shaky album occasionally strikes gold

(Reprise)The 80-year-old continues his tireless output, delving into the past for inspiration to variable results – though two lengthy brand-new songs are real showstoppersYou can’t fault Neil Young f...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Gretchen Parlato: The Wise Ones review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
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Gretchen Parlato: The Wise Ones review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

(Edition)With guests including Robert Glasper, Parlato turns her immaculate phrasing to soft funk, dancefloor numbers and interpretations of Stevie Wonder and Tears for FearsHearing Gretchen Parlato’s...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Oasis tease tour announcement with drone display
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Oasis tease tour announcement with drone display

The band illuminated the sky over the Etihad's Joie Stadium, home to Manchester City Woman.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely review
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Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely review

(Ghostly International)Unpredictable and utterly beguiling, the septuagenarian beloved by Harry Styles brings a hint of mischief to his innocently charming songsHaruomi Hosono is one of the most influ...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
100 years after John Coltrane’s birth, secret tapes are emerging. What can they tell us about jazz’s great rulebreaker?
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100 years after John Coltrane’s birth, secret tapes are emerging. What can they tell us about jazz’s great rulebreaker?

The sax star turned his back on fame to embrace free jazz. Caught on a tape machine hidden in an overcoat, newly revealed recordings show how he did itIn August 1965, at the height of his fame, saxoph...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘People think fame is a magic wand’: Jarvis C***** on old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on Pulp
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‘People think fame is a magic wand’: Jarvis C***** on old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on Pulp

Before the release of a joyful film on the history of the Sheffield band, frontman C***** and director Garth Jennings talk dark times, taking inspiration from Abba – and why there could yet be another...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
People long for simpler times, say Practical Magic reboot stars
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People long for simpler times, say Practical Magic reboot stars

Actresses Maisie Williams and Joey King feature in the upcoming sequel of the 1998 fantasy romcom.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Female DJs call out 'blatant misogyny' and harassment in nightlife scene
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Female DJs call out 'blatant misogyny' and harassment in nightlife scene

Female DJs describe their experiences of safety and the wider issue of sexism in the nightlife scene.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Watch: Is the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth the hype?
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Watch: Is the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth the hype?

Crowds have been flocking to the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry as it's on public display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Angine de Poitrine review – mind-boggling math rock mastery from freaky Québécois duo
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Angine de Poitrine review – mind-boggling math rock mastery from freaky Québécois duo

Le Poisson Rouge, New YorkThe brilliantly strange experimental band’s live show is a must-see spectacle powered by glorious noise and wild flairTheir masks light up now. To the extent there was a hard...

The Guardian Music2 months ago