Art & Culture

Fragrance Fills the Courtyard: Chinese Flower Paintings Through the Ages

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Is This The World's Most Coveted Painting?

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The Ghent Altarpiece, or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, completed in 1432 by Jan van Eyck, is considered the first great painting of the Renaissance

50 Wonderful Things From 2010

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Host Craig Ferguson is joined by Robot Geoff Peterson.

'The Sounds Of Star Wars,' Now At Fans' Fingertips

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To create a believable new universe, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt recorded everyday sounds — motors, animals — on which to build the sonic signatures of spaceship engines and droids like R2-D2.

Wyclef Jean vows to boost English teaching in Haiti

Wyclef Jean has vowed to boost the teaching of English in Haiti if he wins his bid for the presidency.

The 'Fugees' star has confirmed that he wants to fight for leadership of his homeland, and filed election papers confirming his candidacy.

He has brushed off accusations he will struggle to interact with the mainly French and Creole-speaking citizens, insisting he wants to encourage them to use English as a third language.

UK domestic and overseas visitors expected to more than double

Tourism chiefs in the UK are expecting the UK will grow by more than 60% to £188 billion by 2020.

Brad Pitt to star in World War Z

Brad Pitt has been roped in to star in a new film called 'World War Z', an adaptation of a book of the same name by Max Brooks.

World's oldest champagne found in Baltic Sea

A Swedish diver may have found the world's oldest drinkable sparkling wine when he recovered several bottles of champagne amid the wreckage of a 230-year-old ship in the Baltic Sea, Swedish and Finnish media reported.

Women can make movies, Sweden shows how

Women are usually not prominent in the world of filmmaking, but the Swedish government is paving the way for others to follow by encouraging their participation in every aspect of the movie business.

Germany Rejects Spain's Bid To Buy Octopus Oracle

Octopus oracle Paul's prescience wasn't needed to predict how this one would turn out: His aquarium in Germany on Friday gave a resounding "nein" to a bid to move the celebrity mollusk to Spain.