10 h. ago The Austrian "National Gallery" joins campaign to save art masterpiece council is poised to destroy

Building where it is housed is due to be bulldozed on November 17

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31 h. ago The Guardian view on art and health: the masterpiece can cure the body as well as the soul | Editorial

From a Van Gogh self-portrait to Gauguin’s dreamscapes, new studies show that seeing original art can calm stress and boost healthIn an era characterised by burnout and doomscrolling, a therapeutic alternative is hanging on a gallery wall. When volunteers at London’s Courtauld Gallery stood before Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear, Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère, and Gauguin’s Te Rerioa, their stress and inflammation levels dropped compared with those of volunteers viewing reproductions. Science suggests that original art is a medicine that one can view rather than swallow.That art can lift spirits is well known. But that it calms the body is novel. A study by King’s College London asked participants to look at masterworks by 19th-century post-impressionists – Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Manet and Gauguin – while strapped to sensors. Half the group saw the originals in the gallery, half viewed copies in a lab. The results were clear: going to art galleries is good f...

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60 h. ago When life imitates art: A night out in Manchester to the woman in GAIL's...the ordinary people mimicking masterpieces

Oscar Wilde once said that life imitates art more than art imitates life. That maxim was proved on New Year's Eve in 2016, when a photo of drunken carnage in Manchester went viral.

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5 d. ago Japanese car brand develops new tech to SAVE the combustion engine

Combined with the use of synthetic e-fuel, which the car maker is also developing, the system is claimed to be 'carbon negative'.

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6 d. ago Leave betting alone & stop spending billions on migrant hotels, punters blast as planned tax rise threatens high street

THOUSANDS of bookmakers will disappear from high streets if Chancellor Rachel Reeves puts up sports betting tax in the Budget — risking countless jobs. MPs from across the political divide warn a huge tax hike will cripple the industry and millions will no longer be able to go to shops — where the average bet...

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7 d. ago The dramatic moment cruise ship passengers rescue 19 migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean

The cruise ship managed to rescue 19 migrants who were in a dinghy in waters near Cabrera off Mallorca in the Balearic Islands.

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9 d. ago The confirmed and rumoured cast joining the Harry Potter TV reboot

The iconic franchise is being adapted for the small screen - but who is involved?

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1 week ago Meghan posts cryptic 'save the date' teaser video as rumours grow she is planning new As Ever product launch she hopes will make her a billionaire

The Duchess of Sussex , 44, took to Instagram on Thursday night to share a video featuring her strolling casually amongst trees, dressed in a black dress and white cardigan.

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1 week ago How Disney fans are helping each other save money at the pricey theme parks

From park tickets to hotel stays, the cost of food and trips to the gift shops, it all adds up during a visit to a Disney resort. 

Economics

1 week ago BRYONY GORDON: I've been taking antidepressants for 28 years. Yes, there are side

I remember the relief when I first took the pills prescribed to me by the GP, the vague glimmer of hope I felt when I popped the Prozac out of its foil and put it in my mouth.

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1 week ago How much does an electric blanket REALLY cost? Our experts weigh in on how long it takes to recoup the price of a heated throw and whether they're really worth it

Touted as 'lifesavers' by those who own them, heated blankets can deliver targeted warmth for just a few pence an hour - but how much do they really cost against putting on your central heating.

Economics

1 week ago MP begins campaign to save Bellshill's Bank of Scotland branch

The Coatbridge and Bellshill MP has joined forces with Scottish Labour’s Scottish Parliament candidate for Uddingston and Bellshill, Mark Griffin MSP, to campaign to stop the planned closure of the branch which is due to shut its doors for the last time in January next year.

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2 w. ago I'm a top pharmacist and this is the cream I recommend to every woman over 50... it could save your marriage

During my 20 years as a pharmacist, I saw a pattern. Women would walk in, bursting with urgent questions about their intimate health, yet clearly felt nervous, embarrassed.

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2 w. ago Prince Andrew joins 'rogues gallery' of disgraced noble men removed from the Order of the Garter

The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III, and is Britain's most senior order of chivalry.

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3 w. ago Truth about the DIY courses that promise to save you thousands: Home improvement dunce SOPHIE HINES tried one out... this is her brutally honest verdict

Not a natural with a drill, but big on budgeting, SOPHIE HINES signed up for a crash course in cash-saving handyman skills. Can she fix it? (Yes, she can!)

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3 w. ago How even the 'Kate Middleton' effect can't save crumbling fashion brands backed by the Royals

It was once the case that a single royal appearance in Windsor-approved attire could propel a label into the global spotlight overnight, flooding it with orders and cementing its place in the style pages.

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3 w. ago Triple Trouble: Fairey, Hirst, Invader review – the most revolting visual soup imaginable

Newport Street Gallery, London Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst and Invader join forces to make an exhibition that’s so bad, it’s like walking in on a crime sceneYou’ve heard of the best of both worlds, well get ready for the worst of three. Down in Vauxhall in London, three artists have mashed themselves together to create the most revolting visual soup imaginable, an exhibition that isn’t so much the sum of its parts as a total negation of anything good any of them has ever done.Whatever qualities YBA kingpin Damien Hirst and street artists Shepard Fairey and Invader might have, none of them are on display in this staggeringly vast exhibition – it just goes on and on, huge room after huge room filled with aesthetic crap. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Incredible moment hero sister jumps into action to help save brother from choking

A big sister came the rescue in Texas when her brother suddenly started choking while they were playing on a trampoline.

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3 w. ago Average worker would need to save 52 years of earnings to be wealthy

It is a marked deterioration from 2006 to 2008, when it took just 38 years of wages to be wealthy.

Economics

3 w. ago Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru announce joint fellowship programme, co

Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru announce joint fellowship programme, co-development of research facilities  The Hindu

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