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The Square wins Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's The Square has won this year’s Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. ... Full story

‘Death and the Girl’ will be staged second time on June 4th

Chilean author Ariel Dorfman is the writer of the play of three, Barış Celiloğlu, the director and the actor of the play of three, who is a bilingual actor and Göktay Tosun got full marks from the audience on the premiere of the play. ... Full story

Netflix movie booed at Cannes Film Festival

Okja is produced by Netflix, which has been a controversial brand at Cannes ... Full story

A record breaking work fetches for 111m dollars

American artists painting fetches record $111M at NYC auction

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" fetched late Thursday a record-breaking $110.5 million at a New York auction -- the highest ever paid for a work by an American artist. ... Full story

What happened at the Bafta TV awards backstage

Ant and Dec dedicated their Bafta TV Award to the Queen after winning a prize for their presentation of her 90th birthday celebration event. ... Full story

What do Asda mums have to say about getting ready for Ramadan

Ramadan preparation every year is an integral part of the lives of Muslims in the UK, but when you come to think of it; abstaining from food and water for 16 to 17 hours a day is no mean task, and for mums it can be even more challenging. ... Full story

Cellist Jamal Aliyev is the Prince's Prize winner 2017

Jamal Aliyev, cello has been announced as the winner of The Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize Competition which was held on Friday at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. ... Full story

Mihri Müşfik and Istanbul to celebrate International Womens Day

Yunus Emre Enstitüsü - London and the Turkish Embassy are collaborating with the Turkish Culture & Tourism Office and the Association of Turkish Women in Britain, for the Contemporary Turkish Art Collective Exhibition entitled “Mihri Müşfik and Istanbul” ... Full story

Sotheby’s is offering a single-owner sale in March

New York, 23 January 2017 – On 2 March 2017 in New York Sotheby’s will offer a single-owner sale dedicated to the collection of Ed Cohen and Victoria Shaw. ... Full story

Spring concert with Zeynep Ucbasaran and Sergio Gallo

Performers are Zeynep Ucbasaran and Sergio Gallo who will present a repertoire based on dances of various types including waltz, schottische, pas de deux, two-step, tango and galop amongst others by Barber, Liszt, Gouvy and Milhaud. ... Full story

Music extravaganza to raise money for Mayor's Charity

A music extravaganza designed to blow your mind and support the Mayor of Enfield's charity, Enfield Sounds Great, will take place at the Chickenshed Theatre on 5 February at 7.00pm. ... Full story

Sotheby’s From Antiquity to the Present Day

Across the centuries, art has always been intrinsically linked to expressions of passion and sensuality. Erotic Passion Desire will encompass representations of love and sex from antiquity to the present day, exploring themes from the beauty of desire to representations of the male nude, to the carnal act itself, stripped of metaphor. ... Full story