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Magritte painting sells for record $121m at auction

A painting by René Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121m at Christie’s in New York.The seminal 1954 painting had...

Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

In a darkened corner of the Prado, not far from an outsized crucifixion and a sculpture of a...

Minecraft enters real world with $110m global theme park deal

The global gaming phenomenon Minecraft is coming to the real world for the first time in a global...

‘Happy hour in reverse’: where dynamic pricing may creep further

Paying a premium for a flight during the school holidays or a cab at peak hours might be...

After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor

It’s Mary Tudor – by a nose. Not in a horse race, but from a comparison of portraits...

‘One big ball of happiness’: 1m revellers expected at Notting Hill carnival

Thousands of people have gathered on the streets of London draped in flags and decked in jewels to celebrate the annual Notting Hill carnival,...

Sunday with Susannah Constantine: ‘I wake up every morning with anxiety. I always have’

Lie in or up early? I’m always an early bird, up at 6.30am. I wake every morning with anxiety – I have done all...

I love Springsteen and my daughter is a huge Swiftie – and that’s created a bridge between us

It is a cloudy Saturday evening in Edinburgh in early June and I am in a rugby stadium surrounded by young women who are...

Broadcaster Emma Barnett: ‘My role is to be OK with not being liked; but that’s something I’ve had to develop’

Emma Barnett in 1991 and 2024Emma Barnett in 1991 and 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair and makeup: Alice Theobald using...