8 h. ago ‘It was love at first sight, again’: Prague exhibition celebrates work of pair at heart of Europe’s avant garde

Anne-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung battled with the Nazis and created some of the most riveting abstract art of the last centuryThey created some of the most riveting abstract art of the 20th century, fought Nazis with the gun and the pen, married, divorced and married again. Now the continent-spanning and nigh-forgotten love story of the Burton-Tayloresque couple at the heart of the European avant garde is finally being given its due at a major art institution.And We’ll Never Be Parted, exhibiting at Prague’s Kunsthalle gallery, is the first show to reunite the Norwegian painter Anna-Eva Bergman and German-born Hans Hartung. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Andy Murray appears in cheeky advert for Walker’s shortbread after taking 'new job'

The sporting superstar, from Dunblane, Perthshire, said it was a “real honour” to pair with the brand after celebrating his Wimbledon win with the famous biscuits.

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4 d. ago Avant Homes releases the first homes for sale at Blindwells, East Lothian

Avant Homes Scotland has released the first homes for sale at its £47.8m, 174-new home Althamer View development at Blindwells, East Lothian.

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5 d. ago JoJo Siwa reveals bombshell admission to her parents about Chris Hughes

JoJo Siwa has shared a telling message about her relationship with Chris Hughes just weeks after the pair made their romance official after huge speculation in the Celebrity Big Brother house

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7 d. ago Eurostar unveils plans for direct trains from UK to the heart of Europe

Eurostar has said it expects to see strong demand from passengers travelling on both routes. The new routes will depend on a fleet of 50 new trains, expected to cost around £1.7bn (€2bn)

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7 d. ago Eurostar unveils plans for direct trains from London to the heart of Europe

Eurostar unveils plans for direct trains from London to the heart of Europe  London Evening Standard

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1 week ago And Just Like That season 3 gets steamy with 'hot gardener' as fans label Aidan 'a bore'

And Just Like That season three is in full swing with a possible new love interest for Carrie Bradshaw in sight.

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1 week ago JoJo Siwa admits 'real' reason she fell for Chris Hughes as she plans tribute to new beau

The pair have officially confirmed their romance, months after meeting in the Celebrity Big Brother house

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2 w. ago ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star | Mark O’Connell

He’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius?Jimmy Donaldson, the 27-year-old online content creator and entrepreneur known as MrBeast, is by any reasonable metric one of the most popular entertainers on the planet. His YouTube channel, to which he posts his increasingly elaborate and expensively produced videos, has 400 million subscribers – more than the population of the United States of America and equivalent to the total number of native English speakers currently alive. It’s close to twice as many subscribers as Elon Musk has X followers, and over 100 million more than Taylor Swift has Instagram followers. And that number, 400 million, does not account for the people who watch MrBeast’s videos in passing, or who are aware of his cultural presence because of their children, or who just sort of know who he is but don’t ha...

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2 w. ago JoJo Siwa finally confirms relationship with 'sweet' Chris Hughes after weeks of rumours

Singer JoJo Siwa has revealed that she is in a "lovely relationship" with her former Celebrity Big Brother housemate Chris Hughes after the pair were caught snogging

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2 w. ago JoJo Siwa admits she's 'head over heels' for Chris Hughes after sharing bed selfie

The 22-year-old American star met Chris, 32, during her time on Celebrity Big Brother in April, where the pair quickly became close

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2 w. ago Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts review – restless beauty from jazz’s shape

(Nonesuch)The Brooklyn boundary-pusher’s expanded ensemble returns with a kaleidoscopic blend of angular rhythms, intricate melodies and thrilling improvisationsHowever edgy and angular Mary Halvorson’s music gets, powerful melodies and inviting harmonies always drift below even the stormiest surface, giving the much-lauded New York composer and guitarist an appeal way beyond the avant garde. About Ghosts features an expanded version of her Amaryllis ensemble, which made one of 2024’s standout jazz albums, Cloudward. The lineup retains Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), augmented by Blue Note Records’ fiery, gospelly alto-sax star Immanuel Wilkins and the rugged, Wayne Shorter-like tenorist Brian Settles.These two players give this release a crucially different feel, lending richer tonalities and expressive range to Halvorson’s signature brass fanfares, boppish-to-abstract improv, restles...

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2 w. ago Presidential vote likely to determine Poland’s place on the EU stage

Close-run race between pro-EU and nationalist candidates pits liberal vision against a radical-right, EU-critical stancePoland’s presidential election runoff could have far-reaching implications for its place in Europe – either cementing the country’s hard-won seat at the EU’s top table, or heralding a return to altogether trickier times.The mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, faces off against the historian Karol Nawrocki on Sunday in a neck-and-neck race, pitting a liberal vision of Poland at the heart of European policymaking against a nationalist, radical-right, EU-critical stance. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes spotted kissing in Mexico as romance confirmed

The Celebrity Big Brother pair recently sparked dating speculation after posting several cosy snaps together

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4 w. ago Dogma 25 announced at Cannes, as directors launch ‘cultural uprising’

A new collective seeks to reinvigorate cinema in the mould of Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme 95 movement, with a 10-point manifesto opposed to the internetA group of Danish and Swedish film-makers have relaunched the notorious avant garde Dogme 95 movement with a manifesto updated for the internet age, vowing to make five films between them in a year, from handwritten scripts and without using the internet or any emails in the creative process.“In a world where film is based on algorithms and artificial visual expressions are gaining traction, it’s our mission to stand up for the flawed, distinct and human imprint,” said the five film-makers in a statement read at the Cannes film festival on Saturday. Continue reading...

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last month JoJo Siwa FINALLY reunites with 'soulmate' Chris Hughes in cosy snap as he jets to Mexico ahead of her 22nd birthday

The pair formed a close bond while in the Celebrity Big Brother house last month, with JoJo referring to the Love Island star, 32, as 'her platonic soulmate.'

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last month JoJo Siwa reunites with 'soulmate' Chris Hughes in intimate photo

The pair's close bond grew over just three weeks in the Celebrity Big Brother house, with JoJo's partner Kath Ebbs watching on while she got increasingly close to Love Island star Chris Hughes

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