This post was originally published on this site.It’ll soon be autumn, but the record-breaking weather has taken its toll on my vegetables I’ve grown plants in heatwaves before, but this year has been different. Back-to-back heatwaves feel far more intense than the shorter ones I’m used to. Records for heat and dryness were broken in...
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‘Lapped by the turquoise, crystal seas’: readers’ favourite unsung European islands
This post was originally published on this site.From secluded coves in Ireland to an evening passeggiata on Italy’s Aeolian islands, readers share their discoveries • Tell us about your most memorable food and drink discoveries in Europe Giant griffon vultures glided parallel with my bus as it reached the highest point of Cres, the least...
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Texas university’s sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row
The removal of Victor Quiñonez’s immigration-themed exhibition at the University of North Texas without explanation has intensified concerns about artistic freedom at public universities in the state
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Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
The monumental outdoor environment, “El Santuario del Agua” (The Water Sanctuary), is located in one of the world’s largest lithium reserves
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‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans
The National Capital Planning Commission, widely expected to approve the plans, will hold its final vote in April
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‘No one was really interested in finding those works’: major Brazilian art theft still unsolved as statute of limitations expires
Paintings by Monet, Matisse, Dalí and Picasso were snatched in a cinematic heist from Rio de Janeiro’s Museu da Chácara do Céu in 2006
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Smells like teen spirit: inside the world’s first scent-lending library
The Seattle-based artist Donna Lipowitz provides a popular service that no one nose they need
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Manumission digitisation project reveals grim story of slavery in Brazil
Records show how masters retained power over enslaved people even after emancipation