February 8, 2025

European Artists

European Artists

UK government announce £30m fund for new women’s and girls’ pitches

The UK government has announced a new £30million fund to deliver approximately 30 new state-of-the-art 3G pitches at sites supporting women’s and girls’ teams across England. The move follows the England women’s team’s call for equal access to football in schools for boys and girls following their European Championship success last summer. Sarina Wiegman’s side

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Banksy mural worth over $1.2m lost as building demolished

CNN  —  A mural painted by Banksy which first appeared not long after Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) has been destroyed after the building it was painted on was knocked down. The artwork, said to have been valued at around £1m, first appeared in the coastal town of Dover in 2017, the

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What we can learn from the ancient art of wayfinding

By Sandy OngFeatures correspondent Alamy The sails of the voyaging ship Marumaru Atua (Credit: Alamy) The way Pacific Islanders used to navigate using only cues found in the environment may seem irrelevant today. But natural navigation still holds surprising lessons. On 1 May 1976, a large crowd gathered at Honolua Bay on Maui’s northwestern shore.

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CHIPOTLE DRIVES HOLIDAY GIFTING TO NEXT LEVEL WITH FAN-INSPIRED CAR NAPKIN HOLDER AND MYSTERY TEES

CHIPOTLE DRIVES HOLIDAY GIFTING TO NEXT LEVEL WITH FAN-INSPIRED CAR NAPKIN HOLDER AND MYSTERY TEES Chipotle created a Car Napkin Holder inspired by fans who stash stacks of Chipotle napkins in their car Brand also partnered with artist superfans to create limited edition t-shirt designs Plus, new holiday-themed virtual and physical gift

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How Spotify’s Playlists Captured the Biggest Music Trends of 2023 — Spotify

With another year coming to a close, Spotify is back with your personalized Wrapped, our annual recap of your listening highlights from the past 12 months that includes your top songs, artists, and podcasts, as well as your most distinct streaming habits. But we’re also taking a step back and looking at 2023’s biggest music trends

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Top EQUAL Artist INNA Reflects On a Standout Year — Spotify

Today we kicked off 2023 Spotify Wrapped, our annual campaign that celebrates fans and creators worldwide. And as the good vibes keep coming, we look back on a successful year of EQUAL, which included speaking events, festivals, and both local and global playlists featuring a large roster of talented EQUAL ambassadors. We’re thrilled to announce

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Brenda Lee, a Queen of Christmas and So Much More

“She is living proof of how important you can be and how long you can last if you’re talented and you work hard and you truly love people,” the country singer Tanya Tucker said in an email. Lee inducted Tucker into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October, and people are still talking about

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Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.

She left her husband for the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, largely giving up performing in the process. When Onassis eventually married Jackie Kennedy instead, Callas was alone and bereft, without either the vocation that had given her purpose or the man who had replaced it. Living mostly in seclusion, though always harboring hopes of returning

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The Mysteries of Early Photography

In 1830, when French-Monégasque inventor Hercule Florence was 26 years old, he wrote a long entry in his diary about the future he sensed approaching. Soon, he predicted, people from nations that had never seen each other would meet, and do so frequently. The inventions devised by Florence and many others in the 19th and

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The story of Francis Ford Coppola — Sam Wasson on the godfather of cinema

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Before now, writing a biography of Francis Ford Coppola has been like aiming at a moving target. Where would this unique American film achiever go next? Was he (this year) a billionaire or a bankrupt?

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