LONDON — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution is going up for auction, valued at more than 20 million pounds ($26.4 million).
Christie’s auction house says the Winter…

LONDON — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution is going up for auction, valued at more than 20 million pounds ($26.4 million).
Christie’s auction house says the Winter…

Gary Owen’s gentle dance of linked fragments joins a long list of plays taking after Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, an 1897 drama structured as a kind of musical chairs. With interlocking scenes between two actors at a time, they rotate every…

Move over naked manicures: this festive season, we’re back to having a bit of a fun with our nail designs. Enter plaid nails, a trend that feels both cozy and chic, seasonal and statement-making.
The fall is ripe for thematic and timely nail…

Ian YoungsCulture reporter
NetflixThe first half of Stranger Things’ final season has been unleashed on viewers, with many critics giving the return of the hit Netflix show glowing reviews – although others said…

Kevin Spacey will face civil claims of sexual assault from three men at the High Court in London next October.
A British performer named Ruari Cannon, who has waived his right to anonymity, and two other claimants who have not, have…

Russian novelist and playwright Dmitry Glukhovsky poses for a portrait as people walk by, October 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
For the past 20 years, writer Dmitry Glukhovsky has observed Vladimir Putin’s Russia from extremes of proximity and…

It is not nearly so far a journey as you’d expect between flying and frying. At 10, my father sent me down to the small youth club at the bottom of the hill behind our house in London to study judo. Our dojo master Tom must have been in his 50s…

The first, or maybe the second thing to be said about “The Artist,” a six-part comedy written and directed by Aram Rappaport, is that it streams from the Network, a free ad-supported streaming service Rappaport created to release his…

Pete AllisonCulture reporter
Getty ImagesCelebrity Traitors player and actress Ruth Codd has said she is recovering after a second leg amputation…

The Shakespeare drama starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley has a stellar cast but is “exploitative” and lacks subtlety – “it tugs the heartstrings and targets the tear ducts with absolute ruthlessness”.
There’s no doubt that, in many people’s…