Life
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Sotheby's preparing to sell Freddie Mercury's private collection after exhibition
The Queen frontman's collection, which has been left largely untouched at his former West London home in the three decades since his death, will be exhibited publicly in the British capital for a month from August 4
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Beyond Coronation Quiche: London is serving up special delicacies for the crowning of Charles III
One of the most popular offerings in the British capital, the legendary afternoon tea, has been tailored to the occasion
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Writer, adviser, poet, bot: How ChatGPT could transform politics
The chatbot, released last November by US firm OpenAI, has quickly moved centre stage in politics—particularly as a way of scoring points
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Staying zen with 'slow design' at Milan Furniture Fair
Like the equivalent "slow food" or "slow fashion" movements, "slow design" advocates the use of natural or recycled materials and campaigns against over-consumption
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Diane von Furstenberg: From Brussels to the big time in the States
"I really lived an American dream as a young European, and it was fascinating," says the 76-year-old told fashion designer as the Belgian capital puts on an exhibition of her work
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Jessica Wade: The British physicist making women scientists visible online
Wade, who is now part of a network of women editors and leads workshops on how to write for Wikipedia, says a person's presence and their work on the internet means they are discoverable
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Can music festivals actually go green?
Music festivals across the United States and beyond are big business, and for all the talk of sustainability, the bottom line usually wins out
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As Bordeaux's 'en primeur' event gets underway, a taster takes you behind the scenes
The 'en primeur' sales campaign remains a mystery to the world outside of wine merchants and critics. Jérôme Baudouin, who will be attending to get a preview of what awaits wine connoisseurs, shares the behind-the-scenes details
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Russia releases first feature film shot in space
"The Challenge" is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station (ISS) to save an injured cosmonaut
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Fashion is now (officially) putting ChatGPT at the service of shoppers
ChatGPT seems to have all the knowledge and skills required to become a veritable personal shopper. And it didn't take long for the fashion industry to jump on this idea to allow its customers to enjoy an increasingly personalized experience
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Trinity the T-Rex claws in more than $6 million at auction
Estimated to be 65 to 67 million years old, the skeleton was sold at the Koller auction house in Zurich after being shipped from the United States in nine giant crates