Rebuilding the Shire: Loss, Legos, and The Lord of the Rings
Lego’s The Lord of the Rings: The Shire set contains 2,017 pieces.On what I can only assume was piece #302, somewhere between placing...
SpaceX 'Staff Dragon' docks with ISS simply 15 hours after release
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying an international team of four astronauts docked on Saturday with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) just...
Writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri on 'The Sisters', his epic saga of sibling competition
The award-winning author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how it is the voices and hearing the chatter of...
US theatre and opera director Bob Wilson dies elderly 83
Innovative theatre auteur Bob Wilson died Thursday in New York after a short illness, his management said. His productions were hugely popular wherever...
Michael Jackson's glittery sock sells for greater than $8,000 at French public sale
A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than...
France to mortgage iconic Bayeux tapestry to London's British Museum
The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for the first time in almost 1,000 years, when it goes on display at...
Authentic Birkin bag sells for report $10 million at Paris public sale
The first-ever Birkin handbag sold for 8.58 million euros ($10 million) at a Sotheby's auction in Paris on Thursday, smashing previous price records for...
Online game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, through reclaiming artworks from Western museums
Have you ever imagined yourself, on a visit to a major museum, busting through a wall, arms full of looted African artifacts and...
Ziad Rahbani, Oriental jazz pioneer and large of Lebanese theatre, dies at 69
Legendary musician and composer Ziad Rahbani blended Arabic music and classical jazz into a new form that he called "Oriental jazz". The son...
The Velvet Sunset: This band blowing up on Spotify is 100% AI-generated
It's a rock 'n' roll band with over 1 million monthly listeners, with three albums out in barely six weeks. But despite shooting...
