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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...

Photographer Eliza Hatch captures a more inclusive night for skaters – in pictures

Frustrated by the often laddish atmosphere in skateparks, skate enthusiast Milo Turnley set about organising a night for trans skateboarders, roller skaters and wheelchair...

Amazon criticised as Tommy Robinson book tops bestseller chart

Amazon has been accused of funnelling “thousands of pounds into the pockets of Britain’s best known far-right extremist” after Tommy Robinson’s latest book topped...

Taylor Swift donates $5m to US hurricane relief efforts

Taylor Swift has donated $5m to relief efforts connected to hurricanes Helene and Milton.The charity Feeding America thanked Swift, saying it was “incredibly grateful...

‘I hope God gives me the strength to make more movies’: Scorsese addresses retirement rumours

Martin Scorsese has denied he is planning to retire, telling a press conference in Italy that he has “more films to make” after reports...

UK auction house cancels ‘disrespectful’ sale of shrunken heads and skulls

A British auction house has withdrawn from sale human and ancestral remains, including shrunken heads and skulls, from communities across the globe after criticism...

Wellington’s false teeth and wolf bones: English Heritage seeks help to record vast collection

Animal bones found in the ruins of a North Yorkshire monastery that could, thrillingly, be the remains of England’s last known wolf are part...