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British author Ahlberg says rejects award due to Amazon link

May 14, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - British children's author Allan Ahlberg has rejected a lifetime achievement award after finding out it was sponsored by Internet bookseller Amazon, which he said does not pay...

Murray Wimbledon exit bursts ticket bubble, not attendance

December 23, 2018 at 6:28 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - The ticket bubble of "Murray mania" burst when Andy Murray was knocked out of Wimbledon this year, but the All England Club says attendance at the championships...

American author Solomon wins Britain’s Wellcome prize

May 14, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - American psychologist and writer Andrew Solomon won the 2014 Wellcome Book Prize on Tuesday for his "Far From the Tree: a dozen kinds of...

‘Privacy’ shows audience it hasn’t got much in digital age

August 24, 2021 at 11:18 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - "Privacy" may well be the first play to open by asking the audience members to please leave their mobile phones turned on, and advising those few spectators...

Composer Tavener to mix with Pet Shop Boys at BBC Proms festival

November 3, 2021 at 8:41 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Premieres of two pieces by Britain's late mystical religious composer John Tavener and a staging of the classic musical "Kiss Me Kate" were among the highlights announced...

Composer Tavener to mix with Pet Shop Boys at BBC Proms festival

December 23, 2018 at 5:33 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Premieres of two pieces by Britain's late mystical religious composer John Tavener and a staging of the classic musical "Kiss Me Kate" were among the highlights announced...

Led Zeppelin is back with ‘Whole Lotta’ unreleased tunes

August 24, 2021 at 11:15 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Legendary rockers Led Zeppelin said on Wednesday they will include previously unreleased songs in the first batch of reissues of their nine studio albums, including a version...

Manuscript of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 set for London sale

August 24, 2021 at 11:06 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - An autograph manuscript score of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 that had been presumed lost for half a century will be sold at auction in May, Sotheby's...

Alex Ferguson’s wines expected to score with buyers – Christie’s

August 24, 2021 at 11:00 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - To take his mind off the pressure of "the beautiful game", retired Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson collected vintage wines that will be sold at auction starting...

Matisse exhibition reunites ‘Blue Nude’ paper cut-outs

August 24, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Even when he was in his 80s and in frail health, the French painter, sculptor and, latterly, master of painted cut-out paper Henri Matisse, still had it....

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