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A heavy lift: Thieves steal Dalí's 200kg diamond-studded 'Book of the Apocalypse' in France

Police in central France are searching for an art collector's book worth an estimated €1 million that was stolen from an art centre in Issoire in Puy‑de‑Dôme. The "Book of the Apocalypse", a 210‑kilo volume contains works by Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau and Bernard Buffet.

Euronews · Oct 6

‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office

The summer’s most anticipated film will raise epic questions about culture wars, classics and the nature of film-making

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3

Fashion Becomes Art: a deliciously decadent journey through the surrealist world of Elsa Schiaparelli

“Nobody has been able to pronounce my name properly … but everybody knows what it means,” Elsa Schiaparelli once said, with typical self-assuredness.

The Conversation · Apr 9

Inside cult jewellery designer Harriet Vine's shoestring transformation of tired flats into a colourful home

How jewellery designer Harriet Vine turned her Hackney disaster into a fully functioning riot of colour

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

8 Art Deco-Inspired Bathrooms — And the Lessons to Learn From Them to Make This Style Work for Now

There are so many easy ways to bring Art Deco styles into a bathroom design, and make your space into a creative jewel box you'll love to spend time in

Livingetc · May 26, 2025

“Far ahead of the 80s art-rock curve… forward-looking, new wave electronic music with trace elements of prog and glam”: Bill Nelson’s Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam Deluxe Box Set

Ex-Be Bop Deluxe leader’s 1981 solo release is greatly expanded to impressive effect

Louder · Dec 13, 2024

80s a-go-go, hanging with Calder and a Scots stitch-up – the week in art

Plus: a magical Picasso print, a farewell to Frank Auerbach and polyamorous bohemian Dora Carrington gets her own show – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024

Deborah Levy: ‘A writer’s career is choppy – I was 50 when I found success’

Her ‘living autobiographies’ and novels have earned her legions of fans, but that success was hard won. Deborah Levy talks about stamina, boldness, and finding delight in the details

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Portrait of a modernist maverick: last chance to see the Jean Cocteau retrospective in Venice

‘Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge’, celebrating the French artist's defiance of artistic labels, is in its final week at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Wallpaper · Sep 9, 2024

Design, culture and jewellery: Cartier in Singapore

Cartier is celebrating 100 years of Trinity with a series of pop-ups around the world

Wallpaper · Jul 22, 2024