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BRITAIN-LONDON-CHINESE STORY-PHOTO EXHIBITION
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (306+ words) (260507) -- LONDON, May 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Simon Hill, president of Britain's Royal Photographic Society, speaks at the opening ceremony of "Chinese Story" photographic exhibition in London, Britain, May 6, 2026. More than 30 sets of photographic works are displayed at the exhibition, which kicked off here…...
BRITAIN-LONDON-STORM CHANDRA
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) (260127) -- LONDON, Jan. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A man with an umbrella walks on the Westminster Bridge in London, Britain, Jan. 27, 2026, as Storm Chandra brings rain to much of the country. (Xinhua/Li Ying) International Drug Smugglers Hospitalised in Sydney After Ingesting Cocaine Pellets…...
CANADA-VANCOUVER-NEW YEAR-POLAR BEAR SWIM
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (345+ words) (260102) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People take part in the 106th Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Jan. 1, 2026. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua) CANADA-VANCOUVER-NEW YEAR-POLAR BEAR SWIM Ethan Slater recalls landing breakout role as Sponge Bob after…...
Martin Parr: an astute and uniquely British photographer
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (468+ words) The Conversation 23 Dec 2025, 15: 55 GMT+ The kitsch, the gaudy, the banal, the common, the superficial, the cheap: Martin Parr - who has died at the age of 73 - embraced and celebrated them all in his extraordinary pictures. Part of that unease is to…...
CANADA-VANCOUVER-VANCOUVER AQUARIUM-SCUBA CLAUS
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (288+ words) (251113) -- VANCOUVER, Nov. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A diver dressed as Santa Claus interacts with children at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 12, 2025. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua) BBC chief, news head step down after backlash to Trump speech edit ITV,…...
CANADA-VANCOUVER-UNDERWATER PUMPKIN CARVING
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (235+ words) (251019) -- VANCOUVER, Oct. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A diver shows a carved pumpkin to visitors inside a giant tank at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua) Rising pay and pass-through fees sink London hedge fund ambitions…...
Influencers of a bygone era: How late Victorian women artists mastered the art of networking
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (848+ words) The Conversation 14 Sep 2025, 13: 02 GMT+ In our age of digital influencers, it could be easy to believe that building a professional network is a modern phenomenon. However, long before the dawn of social media, women artists in late Victorian and Edwardian…...
Gin Lane by William Hogarth is a critique of 18th-century London's growing funeral trade
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (645+ words) The Conversation 09 Sep 2025, 10: 07 GMT+ In 1751, the English painter William Hogarth created a nightmarish depiction of the London slum of St Giles. The familiar spire of the parish church towered over a scene of human ruin. This is Gin Lane, an…...
Edinburgh Festival: ten of the best art shows to see this summer
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) The Conversation 14 Aug 2025, 12: 16 GMT+ Edinburgh is once again joyfully alive with creativity and originality as the UK's largest arts event returns. Staged in the oak grove of the city's Botanical Gardens, the opening night of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival presented…...
China presents dynamic, diverse artistic creations in Edinburgh
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (533+ words) Xinhua 13 Aug 2025, 18: 15 GMT+ EDINBURGH, Britain, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- On Monday afternoon, The Pure Blue, a marine-themed dance drama from the College of Dance at Shanghai Theatre Academy, unfolded on stage in the audience-packed C ARTS in Edinburgh. Inspired by the "Fish…...