35 minutes ago Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country's president says

The president of Cyprus says the Mediterranean island nation could apply to become a member of NATO when its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring it up to the standards of the world's premier military alliance

Politics

35 minutes ago Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country's president says

The president of Cyprus says the Mediterranean island nation could apply to become a member of NATO when its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring it up to the standards of the world's premier military alliance

Politics

50 minutes ago Poor Artists by The White Pube review – how to make it in the art world

An aspiring young artist’s journey makes for a critique of the art world, in novel formThe White Pube, the collaborative identity of critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, have always pushed hard at the idea of art criticism. The name is a sardonic twist on both the “white cube” method of presenting art and the eponymous blue-chip gallery. The pair set up a website in 2015 and have become remarkable essayists and critics, refusing to conform to the expectations of the art world establishment. Each time they write, they seem to be asking themselves and the reader: what is criticism?Poor Artists is their first book, and although they tell us directly in the introduction that we “are reading a piece of art criticism”, they also ask us to “let go o...

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50 minutes ago Poor Artists by The White Pube review – how to make it in the art world

An aspiring young artist’s journey makes for a critique of the art world, in novel formThe White Pube, the collaborative identity of critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, have always pushed hard at the idea of art criticism. The name is a sardonic twist on both the “white cube” method of presenting art and the eponymous blue-chip gallery. The pair set up a website in 2015 and have become remarkable essayists and critics, refusing to conform to the expectations of the art world establishment. Each time they write, they seem to be asking themselves and the reader: what is criticism?Poor Artists is their first book, and although they tell us directly in the introduction that we “are reading a piece of art criticism”, they also ask us to “let go o...

Events

51 minutes ago Eleven players could miss Liverpool vs Man City showdown after fresh injury twist in Champions League

Manchester City travel to Liverpool on Sunday desperately out of form, while the Reds are top of both the Premier League and Champions League having just beaten Real Madrid.

Sport

51 minutes ago Eleven players could miss Liverpool vs Man City showdown after fresh injury twist in Champions League

Manchester City travel to Liverpool on Sunday desperately out of form, while the Reds are top of both the Premier League and Champions League having just beaten Real Madrid.

Sport

59 minutes ago Direct Line shares jump 38% after rejecting Aviva’s £3.3bn offer to create insurance giant – business live

UK car insurer, which owns Churchill and Green Flag brands, said approach was ‘highly opportunistic and substantially undervalued the company’Jefferies analysts Philip Kett and James Pearse said they believe that “a higher offer might be forthcoming if the board considered engaging with Aviva”.Direct Line has rejected its third bid this year, this time from a new suitor, Aviva, who in offering 112.5p in cash and 0.282 new Aviva shares values Direct Line at 250p per share.Given that this is a relatively small uplift from the previous two offers, and the consideration is similarly split between cash and shares, we are unsurprised that the bid was rejected.The offer is reasonable, in our view, discounts Direct Line Group (DLG’s) full recovery potential, and includes a bid premium in our vi...

Economics

59 minutes ago Direct Line shares jump 38% after rejecting Aviva’s £3.3bn offer to create insurance giant – business live

UK car insurer, which owns Churchill and Green Flag brands, said approach was ‘highly opportunistic and substantially undervalued the company’Jefferies analysts Philip Kett and James Pearse said they believe that “a higher offer might be forthcoming if the board considered engaging with Aviva”.Direct Line has rejected its third bid this year, this time from a new suitor, Aviva, who in offering 112.5p in cash and 0.282 new Aviva shares values Direct Line at 250p per share.Given that this is a relatively small uplift from the previous two offers, and the consideration is similarly split between cash and shares, we are unsurprised that the bid was rejected.The offer is reasonable, in our view, discounts Direct Line Group (DLG’s) full recovery potential, and includes a bid premium in our vi...

Economics

65 minutes ago 'I went to a pantomime in a circus tent and was the most unique thing you can do this Christmas'

The annual festive show has moved to a circus tent in a field at Ayrshire Athletics Arena while the Palace Theatre is being redeveloped.

Politics

65 minutes ago 'I went to a pantomime in a circus tent and was the most unique thing you can do this Christmas'

The annual festive show has moved to a circus tent in a field at Ayrshire Athletics Arena while the Palace Theatre is being redeveloped.

Politics