3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (421+ words) LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The first visitors to the British Museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition spoke of their excitement at seeing with their own eyes the 1,000-year-old embroidery they all remember from school lessons. The sell-out display, which ​opened to the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (560+ words) VENICE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A film shot when war between Russia and Ukraine seemed unthinkable finally hit Venice on Wednesday, with director Ilya Khrzhanovsky unveiling “DAU”, a 20-year project that has generated both fascination and controversy. Ukraine’s government has objected to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (127+ words) AMSTERDAM, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Dutch public broadcaster AvroTros said on Monday it ​would boycott the ‌2027 Eurovision Song Contest for a second year in protest at the presence of ‌Israel ​in light ⁠of the situation ⁠in Gaza and what it called a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (454+ words) GDYNIA, July 27 (Reuters) – The centre of the modernist Baltic port city of Gdynia, built almost from scratch during the two decades between World War One and World War Two, was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Monday ​as the…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (160+ words) LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first ​time in nearly 1,000 ‌years ahead of a sell-out exhibition at the British Museum this year, travelling under police escort ‌during ​a meticulously choreographed ⁠journey from France. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (727+ words) July 6 (Reuters) – To the casual eye, there was nothing unusual about the bearded young Russian man sitting on a bench in the German city of Hamburg on a summer’s day two years ago. But Yury Shekhvatov had come there for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (485+ words) ROME, June 30 (Reuters) – One of the most important surviving pieces of ancient Etruscan artwork went on permanent display at Rome’s National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia on Tuesday, after the state stepped in to buy the frescoed tomb. Named after…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (260+ words) LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) – Comcast NBCUniversal will invest more than £5 billion in building its first European theme park in Bedfordshire, north of ​London, supported by £1.3 billion of government money ‌to upgrade road and rail links and other infrastructure. The resort, which…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (603+ words) By Charlie Devereux, Padraic Halpin and Charlotte Van Campenhout MADRID/DUBLIN/AMSTERDAM, May 15 (Reuters) – Broadcasters boycotting Saturday’s Eurovision final over Israel’s participation will instead offer their viewers a rerun of the sitcom “Father Ted”, an alternative music show featuring Spanish…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (426+ words) ROME, May 14 (Reuters) – Italian heritage groups have said they will battle proposals to build a new structure near Rome’s Borghese Gallery, saying the project would damage one of the world’s most famous museums for ​the sake of mass tourism. The…...