3 h. ago The great and the good turn out for London’s first Pink Ball

The great and the good turn out for London’s first Pink Ball  The Times

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6 h. ago Pretty in pink: Celebrities dazzle at inaugural British Museum ball

Stars have begun arriving at the British Museum

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10 h. ago British Museum fundraising gala: Why is it called the Pink Ball?

The event is set to attracts some of the biggest celebs in the UK and beyond

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11 h. ago The Pink Ball: which celebs are attending the British Museum’s ultra

The gala boasts an impressive organisation committee, with names like Naomi Campbell, Stephen Fry and Idris Elba

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12 h. ago The Pink Ball: what to know about the society event of the year

Boasting a glittering guest list and an all-pink colour scheme, it’s set to be a night to remember

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18 h. ago Champagne, celebs and artefacts: British Museum hosts first lavish ‘pink ball’ fundraiser

£2,000-a-ticket event, where 800 guests will hobnob among world’s treasures, could herald new reality in desperate arts funding climateThere will be champagne, of course, and dancing, fine Indian food served alongside the Parthenon marbles and cocktails mixed in front of the Renaissance treasures of the Waddesdon bequest. And everywhere – from the lights illuminating the Greek revival architecture, to the carpet on which guests arrive, to the glamorous outfits they are requested to wear – a very particular shade of pink.When the British Museum throws open its doors on Saturday evening for its first “pink ball”, it will not only be hosting an enormous and lavish party, but also inaugurating what its director, Nicholas Cullinan, has called a “flagship national event” that he hopes will become as important to his institution’s finances as it will to the London elite’s social calendar. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Everything we know about London's answer to the Met Gala, including the theme and celebrities who'll be attending

The British Museum is launching its own version of the Met Gala in London. Here's everything we know about the inaugural Pink Ball

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2 w. ago Heard of aztec broccoli? Let me tell you about my favourite new superfood ... | Adrian Chiles

A few months ago I was unaware of this leafy, fast-growing vegetable. Now I’m growing it, recommending it – and giving away as much as I canMy neighbour Sharon was having no luck growing broccoli. So I gave up growing broccoli before I even started. If she couldn’t, I wouldn’t. Then she gave me six little plants, something called, mysteriously, aztec broccoli. It’s not actually broccoli, she told me. The plot thickened. Not being the kind of horticulturist who likes to get bogged down in details, I bunged them in the ground and hoped for the best. Before I knew it, they were knee, waist and then head high. A jungle was taking shape. It was time to start eating it.It’s always nice to come across something not that many people seem to know about. I got shakes of the head from a friend with a marvellous allotment in York; a seed supplier from Suffolk I sat next to on a train to Swansea and a woman who won nearly every prize at a horticultural society event to which I’d been invited to ...

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