Bayeux mix opens in London, and an old argument resurfaces
The 70-metre embroidery has crossed the Channel for a London exhibition, reviving a century-old dispute over whether it was ever made in Normandy at all.
Editorial Desk
Christiana Pavlou
Culture & Society Editor
Follows Cyprus culture and society — art, heritage, music and the social calendar, from ancient Paphos to opening night.
Recent dispatches
A striding woman in platform shoes claims London's empty plinth
Tschabalala Self's 'Lady in Blue' takes the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, the site left vacant for nearly two centuries after funds for its intended statue ran dry.
British menswear's new guard runs from Savile Row to Hackney
From a 1926 sporting house to a label launched in 2020, a wave of independent British designers is redrawing what tailoring and streetwear mean for men shopping in London.
Chicago exhibition imagines the life Emmett Till never had
At the Museum of Contemporary Photography, curators and cultural figures picture the manhood denied to a 14-year-old murdered in Mississippi in 1955.
Phil Oh captures coats and colour off the runway in New York
Photographer Phil Oh's street style record of the Spring 2027 shows shows heavier outerwear, saturated colour and a scarf trick borrowed from two of the season's most watched designers.
Byzantine gold returns to Nicosia
A quiet homecoming for icons that spent decades abroad.
The Aphrodite myth, retold for a sceptical age
The goddess was born from this sea. A new show asks what we still want from her.
A season of open-air opera
Under a warm sky and a ruined arch, the island finds its stage.
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