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From the equestrian-inspired line that birthed the horse-bit icon to the wartime ingenuity of jute and bamboo under embargo, we trace nine decades of the house Guccio Gucci built in Rome.
When dancers spontaneously broke into the Lebanese Dabke at Beirut's airport, onlookers did the only natural thing: they filmed it. Soon the clip was everywhere, shared on Facebook and covered worldwide.
Anchoring World One live in the week before the wedding, the broadcaster watched the excitement build, from tourists camping across the street to the international media filling the stands at Westminster Abbey.
Maya Khourchid profiles Ayah Bdeir, who fuses engineering and art. Armed with a masters from the MIT Media Lab, this interactive artist wields software and hardware as a sculptor wields carving tools or a painter their brushes.
Discovered by Andy Warhol whilst bussing tables at Studio 54, David LaChapelle has become one of the world's most sought-after artists, his instantly recognisable candy-coloured fantasies fetching at least 50,000 dollars apiece at auction.
What do art museums, great painters and the world's favourite search engine share? Quite a lot. Google's Art Project offers a wealth of paintings and virtual walking tours from the world's most renowned museums online.
An old and established family, the Sursocks have been a cornerstone of Lebanese affairs for generations. Lady Sursock Cochrane was born the only daughter to Alfred Bey Sursock and his Italian wife Donna Maria Theresa Serra di Cassano, yet she is far less interested in talking about her …
While it has now become common practise to label each one of our feelings, that of ‘Lonely’ is one that very few will own up to. The notion that in a world of approximately 7 billion inhabitants one can still feel emotionally isolated is absurd, and altogether embarrassing. Anxiety, depres
When I was eight, my mother enrolled me in ballet classes. I loved it. Saturdays, we would trek across town to the building that housed the big bright room with the large mirrors. We would sit in the waiting room with the other girls, all of us in our pink leotards and soft pink satin shoe
It seems that it really does take two, at least when it comes to music. Two of the most successful bands of all time, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were formed on one-on-one relationships.
Profession: Actress and Calvin Klein brand ambassador for the new fragrance ‘Beauty’
Zakaria Ramhani's vibrant, mesmerising paintings transform colourful modern calligraphy into isolated, expressive human figures. With one piece fetching 30,000 dollars at Christie's Dubai in April 2010, he now ranks among the top ten global artists under thirty.