In February 2025, Lina Ghotmeh, the Beirut-born, Paris-based architect, won the competition to oversee the remodelling of the Western Range of the British Museum, a series of galleries that makes up one-third of the historic London institution….
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Lily Allen is ‘vicious’ and ‘raw’ on her tell-all break-up album
Mark SavageMusic correspondent
Getty ImagesLily Allen has had two previous UK number one albums As break-up albums go, Lily Allen’s new record West End Girl is one for the history books.
Written and recorded in just 10 days, it’s a real-time account…
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Strictly star Amy Dowden helps launch cancer awareness app
A cancer survivor has teamed up with a Strictly Come Dancing star to launch a breast health awareness app.
Gemma Ainger, 43, from Guernsey, was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer which had already spread to her lymph nodes when she went to…
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Add to playlist: the spiky, playful free jazz of Laura Ann Singh and the week’s best new tracks | Music
From Richmond, Virginia
Recommended if you like Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tomeka Reid, Ornette Coleman
Up next Debut album, Mean Reds, released 24 OctoberAs the co-founder of American bolero group Miramar, vocalist Laura Ann Singh has spent the past…
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Statue of Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones to be unveiled in London | Film
Bridget Jones, the character created by Helen Fielding and played by Renée Zellweger in four films, is to be immortalised in bronze in central London.
The new statue will be unveiled on 17 November and joins a number of others portraying key…
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Clean lines and a connection with nature: the modernist beach house jutting out over a Scottish loch | Interiors
Building a bold new contemporary home directly on the British coastline is a tall order. Aside from the logistics of designing a house that functions successfully in such an unforgiving setting, planning permission is likely to make it a…
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A forgotten chapter in the history of the Nuremberg trials
“They weren’t buddies,” author El-Hai tells the BBC. “But they formed a connection, and Kelley recognised that they shared certain personality traits.” As well as acknowledging Göring’s charm and intelligence, the doctor noted his drive, his…
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How Prankster Oobah Butler Convinced Venture Capitalists to Give Him Over $1 Million
Not long into his new documentary, Oobah Butler tells the cofounder of his newly minted company, Drops, that they should create a piece of luxury luggage that “looks like a bomb” and will sell for $200,000.
Immediately, I’m thinking his…
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Cause of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins’ Wakefield prison death outlined at inquest
Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in a alleged prison attack, an inquest has heard.
Watkins, 48, died on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year sentence…
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In ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ a Story as Old as Time (With a Very New Twist) – The New York Times
- In ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ a Story as Old as Time (With a Very New Twist) The New York Times
- In cities across China, there’s a special kind of consultant you can hire if you find out your spouse is cheating. They’re called “mistress…
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