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Bernat Klein's Modernist Studio Opens for First Public Tours Ahead of £3m Restoration

The abandoned modernist studio of textile designer Bernat Klein opens for public tours this weekend ahead of a £3m restoration project. The A-listed building, designed by Peter Womersley, has been vacant for over 20 years and is now being saved by a consortium of heritage organisations.

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A brutalist studio in the Borders made of cement and glass which is in severe decay with windows boarded up

King Charles and Macron preview historic Bayeux Tapestry ahead of London exhibition

King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron preview the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum ahead of its public opening on 10 September 2026. The medieval tapestry, depicting the Norman Conquest of 1066, will be displayed until July 2027 in a landmark cultural exchange between the UK and ...

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King Charles and President Macron arriving at the British Museum

Bayeux Tapestry Loan to London Marks Historic Anglo-French Cultural Rapprochement

The Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, representing a landmark cultural exchange and symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement. The medieval embroidery will be displayed flat for the first time in London from September 2026 to July 2027.

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Spanish Museum Loses Bronze Age Treasure in Four-Minute Heist

Thieves stole the Treasure of Villena, a collection of 66 bronze age gold artefacts worth over €1.5m, in a four-minute raid on a Spanish museum. The heist is part of a broader pattern of coordinated cultural institution thefts across Europe.

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Gold vases, bowls, bracelets and ornaments from the Treasure of Villena sit piled together

Retired Belfast Citybus Reborn as a Cruising Boat on the River Bann

A former Belfast Citybus, converted into a floating vessel by artist Paddy Bloomer, is cruising the River Bann toward Portadown after stops at Coleraine and Portglenone.

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Paddy Bloomer stands on the deck of his bus boat. He is wearing green dungarees over a yellow T-shirt and a black peaked cap with "conductor" written on it in gold font. He has a bushy beard. The bus's destination sign reads "24 Portadown" and beside it is a licence plate reading "AXI 2554".

Two Years After Port Talbot's Last Blast Furnace, Photo Project Captures a Town in Transition

Two years after Port Talbot's last blast furnace closed, a new photography exhibition documents the town's silence, resilience and uncertain path toward an electric arc furnace future.

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A worker in protective clothing works at the blast furnace

Meet the 101-Year-Old Who Turned Her Childhood Toys Into a Dolls' House Museum

At 101, Val Ripley still runs the Pembrokeshire museum she built from dolls' houses and toys rediscovered decades after being packed away for wartime storage.

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Val sat in a chair holding a vintage teddy bear with a flat hat on and a brown knitted outfit. Val us wearing a blue collared top with a light floral shirt over it and is smiling at the camera. Dolls houses and other vintage toys are behind her on shelves

Museum bid to buy £3.1m Highland bust blocked from grant help

Invergordon Naval Museum and Heritage Centre says grant funds cannot be used to help buy the £3.1m Sir John Gordon bust, which Highland Council is selling.

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The bust is made from marble and shows the head of a young man, Sir John Gordon. The sculpture is photographed against a black background.

Ginger portraits uncover a 'golden thread' linking Americans

Photographer Kieran Dodds explores red-haired Americans in a new book, linking Native American, European and mixed ancestries through portraits across the US.

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Close-up portrait of a young child with long, curly red hair flowing outward as if caught by a breeze. The child is turned slightly to one side and looking toward the camera, wearing a dark top against a dark, softly blurred background. Warm lighting highlights the texture and movement of the hair.

Why Alan Carr's unwanted cement animals matter to one family

Clare Stephens says the sale of Alan Carr's unwanted cement animals carried deep family meaning, as her grandfather helped create the Branxton Menagerie.

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An older woman and two young children stand in front of two cement rhinos

John Croft obituary

John Croft, a Bletchley Park codebreaker who later worked on Soviet ciphers, died aged 103. He also served at the Home Office and became a noted abstract artist.

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John Croft, Bletchley Park codebreaker, in later life

Your pictures of Scotland

A selection of reader photographs from across Scotland, including wildlife, landscapes and a blaze at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, sent in between 17 and 24 July.

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A wire fox terrier with a stick in his mouth stands on a sandy beach. He is surrounded by beachgrass.

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