Culture
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‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut
All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 yearsFirst…
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
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Buzkashi horsemen battling for a headless goat: Todd Antony’s best photograph
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the b…
- Art and design, Art and design books, Books, Culture, Kyrgyzstan, Photography, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They tore up everything’: the wolf hunters of Kyrgyzstan – in pictures
In the remote village of Ottuk, men protect their precious sheep by heading into the mountains. Luke Oppenheim…
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Music executive behind K-pop group BTS faces arrest in South Korea
Police seek warrant for Bang Si-Hyuk over allegations he illegally gained millions in investor fraud schemeSou…
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‘It’s sacred to us’: register of Bounty mutineer’s descendants returns to South Pacific
Pitcairn Register details lives of ‘extraordinarily resilient’ Tahitian women enslaved during notorious mutiny…
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Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92
Two-time Grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voicesThe Indian singer Asha Bhos…
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Hit New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords reunion gigs sell out in minutes
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement announce four shows at Wellington venue Meow Nui from next week – their firs…
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Preparations for the Miyako Odori, Kyoto’s spring dance festival – in pictures
Geisha rehearse for a traditional dance that has been performed annually for more than 150 years Continue read…
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Preparations for the Miyako Odori, Kyoto’s spring dance festival – in pictures
Geisha rehearse for a traditional dance that has been performed annually for more than 150 years Continue read…
- Art and design, Asia Pacific, China, Culture, Human rights, Mao Zedong, Sculpture, US news, World news
US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group
New York-based Gao Zhen was detained in 2024 during a family visit to China and then tried for ‘defaming natio…
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Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab
Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm In…
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Redlight to Limelight review – the powerful tale of 500 sex workers who formed a film collective
This documentary can’t help but be moving as it follows the Cam On group in Kolkata, who are creating a drama …
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Folk music, Human rights, Islam, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Music, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We c…
- Bollywood, Books, Crime films, Culture, Film, Film adaptations, India, Romeo and Juliet, South and Central Asia, Stage, William Shakespeare, World news
O’Romeo review – Bollywood Shakespeare takes dive into grisly mafia queens territory
After hit takes on Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet, Vishal Bhardwaj’s Romeo and Juliet adaptation sees dead-eyed l…