UK Culture

Bond Author Jeffery Deaver On 007's Past, Present And Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Parker | 24 May 2012

Read More: Video, Carte Blanche, Daniel Craig, Jame Bond Books, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, Books, Ian Fleming, James Bond

Last year Jeffery Deaver became the latest author to conjure up a new adventure for the world's most famous spy, James Bond. Only the second...

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Kurt Perschke's RedBall Project Takes Giant Ball On World Tour

HotSpot Media | Ed Palmer | 24 May 2012

Read More: Kurt Perschke, RedBall Project, Arts, Street Art

Have YOU seen this ball? This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into...

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Jack Long, 'Vessels And Blooms' Water Art Bursts Into Flower (PICTURES)

Solent News | Sara C Nelson | 24 May 2012

Read More: Culture, Jack Long, Nature Photography, Spring Flowers, Uk Culture, Uk News, Vessels And Blooms

These floral portraits may have been created using paint - but there's no canvas or paper to be seen. They are drops of colour snapped...

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Court Battle To Save House Where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Invented Sherlock Holmes

PA | 24 May 2012

Read More: Arthur Conan Doyle, Fossway, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes House, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Books

A legal battle is being fought to save the Victorian house where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Hound Of The Baskervilles. A High Court...

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Afghan War Book Wins Orwell Prize For Political Writing

BBC | 23 May 2012

A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, has won the Orwell Prize for political...

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Orwell Prize 2012 Winners Plus 11 Things You Didn't Know About George

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | 24 May 2012

Read More: 1984, George Orwell, George Orwell Facts, Orwell Prize 2012, Political Writing, Animal Farm, Author Facts, Books, Slideexpand

The winners of The 2012 Orwell Prize has been announced, marking the culmination of a search for the best political writing of the past 12...

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Souvenir Snaps With A Difference: Amazing Forced Perspective Photos (GALLERY)

The Huffington Post UK | 24 May 2012

Read More: Michael Hughes Photography, Pics & Giggles, Amazing Photos, Forced Perspective Souvenir Photos, Forced-Perspective, Pictures Of The Day, Travel Photos, Uk Inspiration

Forced perspective, as Wikipedia explains, "is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it...

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James Bunting Performs 'Conkers'

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | 23 May 2012

Read More: Video, James Bunting, Slam Poetry, Performance Poetry, Poetry, Spoken Word

James Bunting co-runs the Bristol faction of poetry slam promoters Hammer & Tongue. "I started performing poetry when I was 18 after seeing Andrea Gibson,...

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Kohei Yoshiyuki's Sex In A Park Photos To Show At Liverpool Biennial

PA/Huffington Post | 23 May 2012

Read More: Kohei Yoshiyuki, Kohei Yoshiyuki The Park, Liverpool Biennial, Arts, Liverpool, Sex, Voyeurism

A scene from The Park Art lovers will be invited to "become a voyeur" at an exhibition of infrared photographs showing couples having sex...

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Reunited: David Hockney To Meet Queen At Royal Academy Of Arts

PA | 23 May 2012

Read More: David Hockney A Bigger Picture, Royal Academy Of Arts, Arts, David Hockney, Jubilee, Queen

The Queen will meet David Hockney for the second time in two days during a trip to the Royal Academy of Arts today. The artist...

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Christopher Hitchens' Best Quotes (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | 24 May 2012

Read More: Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Literary Prizes, Christopher Hitchens Orwell Prize, Christopher Hitchens Video, Orwell Prize, Orwell Prize Winner, Uk Books

Last night Christopher Hitchens was memorialised with a special award by the Orwell Prize committee. The author, speaker and journalist, famous for his strong opinions...

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WIN: Tickets To Althorp Literary Festival 2012

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | 22 May 2012

Read More: Althorp Literary Festival, Althorp, Book Festival, Books, Ticket Competition

The stunning Althorp House HuffPost UK Culture is delighted to announce our second media partner for 2012 – the Althorp Literary Festival. The annual...

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Do Look Down: Sachigusa Yasuda's 'Aerial' Photographs

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | 22 May 2012

Read More: 360-Degree Panoramic Photography, 360-Degree Panoramic Shots, Aerial Photographs, Base Gallery, Photography, Sachigusa Yasuda, Slideexpand

As our friends on HuffPost US pointed out while covering these vertigo-inducing photographs, the internet can't get enough of these sorts of 360-degree panoramic shots....

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Orange To Cancel Sponsorship Of Women's Prize For Fiction

The Guardian | 22 May 2012

In one of the biggest upsets in literary prize history, the mobile services company Orange has announced this morning that it will not be renewing...

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Pret A Diner Pop Up Mixes Modern Italian Food With Modern Italian Art

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | 21 May 2012

Read More: Giovanni Ozzola, Lorenzo Agius, Pret a Dinner, Vittorio Corsini, Arts

A trip to an art gallery and a romantic meal has long been the culture vulture's date of choice. What could be more impressive as...

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