Photos: Pigeon keeping thrives in Kashmir amid armed conflict | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] As a teenage schoolboy, Syeedna Ismail Hussain Banday cultivated pigeon keeping as his favourite hobby in the heart of Indian-administered Kashmir. Three decades later,…
James Barnor: Life in colour for Ghana’s first photojournalist | Arts and Culture
[ad_1] James Barnor, the 93-year-old Ghanaian photo master, has shot against the shifting tectonic plates of Africa’s colonial liberation and Britain’s Swinging Sixties and Windrush…
Simone Biles, Steve Jobs to receive highest US civilian honour | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] The White House announced that President Joe Biden will present 17 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour. The…
Ukrainian borshch soup culture added to UNESCO heritage list | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] Kyiv hails the move, saying Ukraine has won the ‘borshch war’, while a Russian official slams ‘xenophobia’.The United Nations cultural agency (UNESCO) has inscribed…
Restitution: Africa’s Stolen Art – Plunder | Arts and Culture
[ad_1] Video Duration 24 minutes 50 seconds 24:50 From: Featured DocumentariesThe story of the large-scale plunder of African art and artefacts under European colonialism.In the…
‘Sonic Detective’: The artist using sound to expose crimes | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] Athens, Greece – Beirut-based sound artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan has become known as the “Private Ear”, as his research-based, investigatory work has been used…
Art of the deal: South Korean millennials swap stocks for art | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] Incheon, South Korea – Kim, 35, did not explicitly object when his wife started investing in art three years ago – but he had his…
UK court grants bail to actor Kevin Spacey on sex assault claims | Arts and Culture News
Once one of Hollywood’s biggest stars appears at a London court charged with sex offences against three men.Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been given unconditional…
Ugo Monye: Former England wing says rugby union must tackle ‘drinking culture’
Ugo Monye was capped 14 times by England and played in two Tests against South Africa for the British and Irish Lions in 2009Ugo Monye…
Turkey’s ‘culture war’: Anger grows as string of events cancelled | Arts and Culture News
Istanbul, Turkey – It is the height of spring in Turkey, and with that comes a flurry of concerts and outdoor festivals to complement the…
Eight men go on trial for stealing Banksy from Paris attack site | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] Seven French defendants and one Italian go on trial for stealing a Banksy artwork from a site of the 2015 attacks.Eight men went on…
Harini Logan: Texas teen wins Spelling Bee after first tiebreaker | Arts and Culture News
[ad_1] Fourteen-year-old, of San Antonio, wins first-ever ‘spell-off’ in national US competition, taking home $50,000 prize.Harini Logan, of San Antonio, has won the 2022 Scripps…