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Teapot sells for £2million: 'Intrinsically perfect' 18th century jade pot crafted for a Chinese emperor is sold at auction after fierce bidding war
Teapot sells for £2million: 'Intrinsically perfect' 18th century jade pot crafted for a Chinese emperor is sold at auction after fierce bidding warGet your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREEBy CAITLIN LENG Published: 11:55, 15 May 2026 | Updated: 11:55, 15 May 2026 e-mail View comments
What leaders (usually) get wrong about motivation
This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.One day during the COVID-19 pandemic, Carl Hendrick decided to run a 5K. A former musician, Hendrick had spent most of his career in education, earning a Ph.D., working at schools in England and turning to research. But facing middle age, and in the midst of lockdown, he decided to be more active.Advertisement
How studying friendship has changed the way I understand my own loneliness
A few years ago, I had just moved into a house. As relatively recent graduates, my husband and I had struggled with the banks to secure a mortgage – and worse still, I had a humanities background that didn’t exactly guarantee employment. But after approaching several banks, we managed to persuade a kind loan officer to say yes. Suddenly, we found ourselves settled in the suburbs, with 190 square meters, two children and a garden trampoline. One summer evening, while the children were asleep...
Inside Russia’s “City of the Dead” with 10,000 hidden graves
Just outside the remote Russian village of Dargavs lies a place that continues to fascinate and unsettle visitors in equal measure. Known as the “City of the Dead”, this medieval necropolis is located in the Caucasus mountains and is believed to contain the remains of more than 10,000 people.
How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe
Reindeer grazing in Vattme/Tjeggelvas on the lands of the Luokta-Mávas Sámi reindeer herding community. Anna-Maria Fjellström, CC BY-NC-NDPolitical debates about the future of forests in Sweden and the EU are reaching an impasse. Producing more wood comes at the expense of nature and the storage of carbon within trees and soils. Conserving and restoring more forests may limit commercial wood production. But it is important for both economists and conservationists to recognise how these forests...
Elizabeth I refused to go to bed before she died – a stubborn final act that reflected her reign
Allegorical Portrait of Elizabeth I, unknown artist (1610). Corsham CourtIn March 1603, Elizabeth I refused to go to bed. For days, she sat on cushions in her Richmond Palace chamber, silent and withdrawn, as her courtiers waited for the end. It’s a final moment that can be read not simply as the failing of her body, but as the last expression of a life defined by the quest for control. Elizabeth’s vitality had been central to her image, so her retreat marked a striking change. The Venetian en...
Paula Rego’s Story Line – an exhibition that invites exploration of the ambiguous narratives the Portuguese artist drew
At first glance, these look like sketches – the kind artists make on the way to something more finished. But that expectation doesn’t quite hold. The drawings assert themselves: restless, unresolved, and often more direct than the paintings they eventually lead to. This is Story Line, the latest exhibition of Paula Rego at the Victoria Miro gallery in London. Dame Paula Rego was born in Lisbon in 1935, grew up under the Estado Novo dictatorship and later moved to London to study at the Slade Sc...
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Son reflects with his mother about growing up with autism
NPR LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Son reflects with his mother about growing up with autism May 15, 20264:44 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Esther Honig , Alan Jinich Son reflects with his mother about growing up with autism Audio will be available later today.
The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files
Christopher Penler/Shutterstock At 8.16am on August 10 2019, a post appeared on the online forum 4Chan: “[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this.” ABC News broke the story that financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had died in prison, 38 minutes later. 4Chan is an anonymous forum with no fact-checking mechanisms, so it’s impossible to know who the anonymous poster was and how they knew. But the ambiguity over w...
People Are Altering Their Thinking To Think How They Think That AI Thinks
People are starting to emulate AI as to how they think AI thinks. But this is quite problematic. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
NEET-UG 2026 update: New exam date, admit card schedule; CBT mode from next year
India’s medical entrance examination NEET-UG will move to a fully Computer-Based Test (CBT) format from next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Friday, in the wake of the ongoing paper leak controversy.The minister said the reform is aimed at strengthening examination security and preventing future irregularities after the 2026 NEET-UG cycle was disrupted and later cancelled.“The root issue will be addressed from next year. NEET will be conducted as a computer-based t...
Art deco and modernist flats in England and Scotland for sale – in pictures
From a converted art deco hotel in Glasgow to a brutalist apartment in London’s Barbican Continue reading...
What could be more inspirational than that?': The first Briton to donate £1.4billion in a year to charity
Sir Chris Hohn has become the first billionaire in Britain to donate more than £1billion within a single year after giving away £1.4billion to charitable causes.The hedge fund manager topped The Sunday Times Giving List 2026 after donating the record-breaking sum through his philanthropic ventures focused on climate change and children’s health initiatives.Sir Chris, founder of TCI Fund Management and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, reclaimed the number one position on the annual rank...
Cops hunt machete gang killers after man is snatched from his home and murdered - before his body is dumped at a children's playground: 'Very frightening'
Cops hunt machete gang killers after man is snatched from his home and murdered - before his body is dumped at a children's playground: 'Very frightening'Body found near playground at 4.30am Friday Victim snatched from South Morang home 90 minutes earlier Burnt-out car in Eynesbury being investigated READ MORE: Vile 'paedo-killer' vigilante now begs for mercy By WAYNE FLOWER, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 06:47, 15 May 2026 | Updated: 06:50, 15 May 2026 e-mail View comments
A woolly solution to NI's peatland problems?
A woolly solution to NI's peatland problems?2 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLouise CullenAgriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NIBBCStephanie Clokey says logs made of local wool are being tested as an "exciting" new way to help preserve peatlands. A unique pilot project in the Antrim hills could give sheep farmers a new market for their wool and help transform peatland conservation.Traditionally, logs made of coir - coconut husk - have been imported from South-East Asi...
Tweed! Barbours! Pie-crust collars! Has Rivals revived the Sloane Ranger?
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Britons to vote in inaugural contest to find nation’s favourite butterfly
Butterfly Conservation poll is open until 7 June with choice of 60 species from small tortoiseshells to purple emperorsWill it be the rapidly disappearing former garden favourite, the small tortoiseshell? Or the poet John Masefield’s “oakwood haunting thing”, the charismatic purple emperor? Or perhaps the brimstone, the ultimate harbinger of spring?The question of which is Britain’s favourite butterfly is being put to a popular vote for the first time. The charity Butterfly Conservation is runni...
Hugh Skinner's My London: Brixton's best cabbage and environment officers
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From drab partitions to haute couture host: how a Sydney civic masterpiece was rescued
Redevelopment of the former Department of Lands building on Sydney’s Bridge Street wins National Trust heritage awardIt was once a grand old sandstone masterpiece, where returned soldiers would cram into marble corridors to anxiously await lottery draws that could change their lives.Then the 20th century happened. Continue reading...