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‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim
Exclusive: Archaeologist says 5th-century BC wine vase with modern decoration widely regarded as fake
Dalya Alberge
24, May, 2023 @3:02 PM

‘Oh my God, what will they think?’ How Katharine Hepburn was haunted by fear of audiences
New documentary uses unheard tapes and unseen footage to reveal insecurities of legendary actor
Dalya Alberge
21, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

US man returns antiquities to Italy after reading Guardian report on looted relics
Jay Stanley hands over 30 artefacts, including vases and figurines from 6th to 3rd centuries BC, found in late father’s home
Dalya Alberge
08, May, 2023 @12:27 PM

Lamb’s ears, eel pie and plenty of claret: London museum showcases Handel’s love of food
The baroque composer was passionate about food and music, as celebrated at the refurbished Handel & Hendrix in London museum reopening this month
Dalya Alberge
07, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

Russia-Ukraine war live: Crimea navy oil depot fire ‘contained’ – as it happened
Moscow-installed governor in Sevastopol says blaze, attributed to Ukrainian drone strike, now under control
Nadeem Badshah (now); Joe Middleton, Tobi Thomas and Adam Fulton (earlier)
29, Apr, 2023 @5:17 PM

Ukrainian sisters lodging in Northumberland turn out to be musical prodigies
Strangers stopped to listen in the street when the windows were open and the girls from refugee family were practising
Dalya Alberge
29, Apr, 2023 @11:37 AM

‘Extremely precarious’: Sophie Fiennes on documentary film-making in the UK
Exclusive: Directors struggle to fund work because of risk-averse commissioners and lack of resources, she says
Dalya Alberge
24, Apr, 2023 @1:47 PM

‘Incredible’ Donizetti songs to be heard for first time in 200 years
Italian opera composer’s lost works to be performed in London after discovery by British musicologist
Dalya Alberge
23, Apr, 2023 @1:00 PM

Dealers accused of tricks that turn ordinary desks into £1m antiques
Buyers are being warned about the over-restoring or upgrading of furniture to make it appear more valuable
Dalya Alberge
16, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM

‘It’s called stealing’: new allegations of plagiarism against Roy Lichtenstein
Pop art founder made millions, but the comic book artists he copied struggled financially
Dalya Alberge
09, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM

Benin bronzes made from metal mined in west Germany, study finds
Brass used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave trade
Dalya Alberge
05, Apr, 2023 @6:00 PM

Only surviving fragment of ‘slave’ cloth found in Derbyshire record office
Exclusive: 240-year-old scrap of indigo woollen cloth identified as fabric made in Yorkshire to clothe millions of enslaved people
Dalya Alberge
02, Apr, 2023 @4:55 PM
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