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Colourful catwalk shows return at hybrid London Fashion Week

September 18, 2021738 Views

A hybrid London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday, with a mix of digital presentations and the event's first in-person shows in a year. International press and buyers were back watching the catwalk presentations, including displays from menswear designer and choreographer Saul Nash and Turkish-born Bora Aksu. "It feels really great to be back," Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council (BFC), told Reuters. "We're excited to see those key media and retailers that help drive British business." Models present creations during the Bora Aksu Spring/Summer 2022 catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Britain, September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls The line-up features 79 physical events - including shows, appointments and presentations - and 82 digital...

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“A crazy dream”, Macron says for Wrapped Arc de Triomphe

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September 17, 2021701 Views

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday inaugurated a posthumous installation conceived by the late artist Christo that envelops Paris's Arc de Triomphe monument in 2,500 square metres of silvery blue, recyclable plastic wrapping. "This is the achievement of a 60-year-old dream, a crazy dream come true," said Macron, who was accompanied by his wife Brigitte and officials ranging from Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot to Paris Mayor and Presidential hopeful Anne Hidalgo. View of the wrapped Arc de Triomphe, designed by the late artist Christo, during its inauguration in Paris, France, September 16, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS Macron said he was particular happy the installation took place at the Arc de Triomphe because the monument had "suffered so much at the end o...

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Britain mulls easing travel rules for England

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September 17, 2021858 Views

The British government will on Friday consider easing England’s COVID-19 rules for international travel, a late-season boost for airlines, holiday and tourism companies which say they will not survive another winter of onerous rules and red tape. While Europe has relaxed travel restrictions for the fully vaccinated, expensive COVID-19 testing requirements remain in place for fully vaccinated arrivals into Britain, preventing a travel recovery as the tougher winter period nears. FILE PHOTO: A worker sanitises a sign at the International arrivals area of Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow Airport, Britain, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls But rule changes could be announced later on Friday, Agriculture Secretary George Eustice said, following hints from Prime Minister Boris John...

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Bosnia’s wild horses: Tourist attraction but not everyone loves them

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September 16, 2021724 Views

Wild horses galloping across rugged mountains in western Bosnia are an ever-bigger tourist attraction, but need protection from local farmers who see them as pests, activists say. The number of horses roaming the Kruzi plateau, at the foot of the Cincar mountain, has been increasing over the past 30 years, many released into the wild by their owners has machines have replaced them in the fields. Wild horses graze the grass on Cincar Mountain near Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic In recent years, enterprising enthusiasts have begun organising photo-safari tours for tourists in the mountains above the town of Livno. "The coronavirus pandemic has even boosted the arrivals, with Bosnians discovering Livno attractions due to travel restrictions,"...

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Low-cost Lumo rail have power of disruption, can start a new travel trend

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September 15, 2021312 Views

Lumo’s launch of low-cost rail services could disrupt current rail and air services between London and Edinburgh. Its low-cost model alongside a focus on minimizing environmental impact will bode well for shifting traveler trends as the sector recovers from the pandemic, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Lumo will begin operations between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh on 25 October 2021, calling at the main stations of Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. Behind Lumo is First Group, a private British group well known across the Channel and very active in public passenger transport, both in the UK and in North America. It is based in Aberdeen, Scotland. In April 2021, however, First Group announced the sale of its North American operations for nearly 3.9 bill...

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Putting optimism at the centre with ‘Hahaha. The Humor of Art’

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September 14, 2021789 Views

"Nothing is serious enough to be taken seriously.” - Marcel Duchamp For the first time in a year and a half, the doors of the ING Art Center on Mont des Arts in Brussels will open on Wednesday for the exhibition Hahaha. The Humor of Art. The exhibition, with more than 200 works, looks at how different artistic movements, from the 19th century to the present day, have incorporated humor into the creative process in order to challenge established aesthetic canons. From the Great Zwanz Exhibition (1885) to Dada, from the painting of the donkey Lolo to Marcel Duchamp's ready-mades, from René Magritte to Marcel Broodthaers, from Andrea Fraser's lecture-performances to Wim Delvoye's works to play, Hahaha. The Humor of Art highlights the revolutionary potential of laughter. The exhibition ...

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Wrapping of Arc de Triomphe begins in Paris art installation

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September 12, 2021886 Views

Visitors to Paris were surprised on Sunday when strolling up the Champs-Elysees as dozens of workers began enveloping in a shimmering wrapper a posthumous installation by artist Christo at Arc de Triomphe monument. Workers were shuffling around the 50-metre high, 19th century arch setting up 25,000 square metres of silvery blue, recyclable plastic wrapping, which will be on view between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3. Workers install a shimmering wrapper to envelop Paris landmark, the Arc de Triomphe, in a posthumous installation by artist Christo on the Champs Elysee avenue, in Paris, France, September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Imagined decades ago in 1961 by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his wife and fellow artist Jeanne-Claude, who died in 2009, "L'Arc de Triomphe...

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Paintings that transcend our vision of increasingly uniform world

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September 10, 2021748 Views

Galerie Templon has kicked off the new season in Brussels with the return of Philippe Cognée for his newest series, Eye of the Storm The French painter Philippe Cognée, famous for his inimitable blurred wax technique, unveils a series of fifteen canvases flirting with abstraction. Created over the last year during the pandemic and keeping pace with the successive waves of lockdown, these new series alternate indoor and outdoor scenes. Views of a deserted but strangely serene studio contrast with a number of large impetuous landscapes, drenched in a nature bubbling over with life. Philippe Cognée has long used his painting to explore the shifting contemporary perception of the most ordinary features of our environment, from motorways and supermarkets to anonymous hotel rooms and ...

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Venice prepares to charge tourists, require booking

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September 6, 2021957 Views

From a control room inside the police headquarters in Venice, Big Brother is watching you. To combat tourist overcrowding, officials are tracking every person who sets foot in the lagoon city. Using 468 CCTV cameras, optical sensors and a mobile phone-tracing system, they can tell residents from visitors, Italians from foreigners, where people are coming from, where they are heading and how fast they are moving. Tourists ride on a gondola as the municipality prepares to charge them up to 10 Euros for entry into the lagoon city, in order to cut down the number of visitors, in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri Every 15 minutes, authorities get a snapshot of how crowded the city is - alongside how many gondolas are sliding on the Canal Grande, whether boa...

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Spanish village hosts first bull running fiesta since pandemic

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September 5, 2021368 Views

Ten bulls charged through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra on Sunday in pursuit of hundreds of runners as the first bull running fiesta was held in Spain since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A reveller wearing a protective mask calls a steer during the first running-of-the-bull festival since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began in Villaseca de la Sagra, central Spain, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez Villages and towns across Spain hold the fiestas but they were prohibited last year as the country brought in tough health restrictions. Opposition to them has increased in recent years as Spanish society remains divided over the controversial issue of using bulls for sport. No-one was injured during the country's first run, in this village of 1,700 inha...