David Walliams dropped by HarperCollins UK after allegations
Best-selling children’s author David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher, following a British newspaper report of an…
White House says Kennedy Center board has voted to rename after Trump | Donald Trump News
The administration of Republican Donald Trump has announced that the board for the John F Kennedy Center for…
From A for algebra to T for tariffs: Arabic words used in English speech | Arts and Culture News
Arabic is one of the world’s most widely spoken languages with at least 400 million speakers, including 200…
Splore’s 2026 edition to be the last
Next year’s edition of Splore will be the final one, the music and art festival’s owner has announced,…
Hollywood director-actor Rob Reiner and wife found dead at LA home | Arts and Culture News
Los Angeles mayor pays tribute to Reiner’s ‘creative work and advocacy fighting for social and economic justice’. Published…
Bestselling British writer Joanna Trollope dies at 82
British writer Joanna Trollope, whose bestselling novels charted domestic and romantic travails in well-heeled rural England, has died,…
More than 600 British Empire-era artefacts stolen from Bristol Museum | Arts and Culture News
Detectives are appealing for help after hundreds of artefacts documenting British colonial history were stolen. Police in southwest…
Playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for Shakespeare In Love, has died
British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s…
Outrage as local board votes against more events at Eden Park
A local community board has voted against having more concerts at Auckland’s Eden Park, angering a local business…
Klimt painting breaks modern art record with $420m sale
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold…
How to get close to Gareth Morgan’s giant Transmission Gully sculptures
For the past four years, economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan has been working on a giant art project…
‘A legacy at least as great as McCahon’
The new owner of the country’s oldest tattoo studio is working to honour the legacy of the shop’s…