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In 1926, Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky created the modern kitchen. It was called the Frankfurt Kitchen and was something she didn’t like to talk about as she had done so much more - ...

In 2005, a new show was launched on television in Afghanistan to find new musical talent – it was called Afghan Star and was inspired by formats like American Idol and the X-Factor. The programme came ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome (Image Credits: Flickr) Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had ...

Oasis fans were going mad for it as the band toured this year, while there was plenty of sparkle on display at award shows and red carpets in 2025.

The Hunger Games star performs the iconic ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ to crowds from the balcony of the London Palladium If you’re out and about in London’s Soho this summer, you may just get to see ...

Eva Schloss, who survived the Holocaust as a teenager before becoming Anne Frank’s stepsister and a tireless campaigner against prejudice, has died at age 96, her trust announced Sunday. “Eva was a ...

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. The Anne Frank Trust ...

King Charles leads tributes to Holocaust education campaigner, whom he met in 2022, saying he and Camilla ‘admired her deeply’ King Charles has paid tribute to Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss, ...

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