Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix, Circuit de Catalunya. Verstappen who cross the line fifth but dropped to 10th as consequence of 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Mercedes’ George Russel, was forced on to hard tyres for the final sprint to the flag as they had no softer ones available, and left him lacking grip. Charles Leclerc, finished third. Piastri’s fifth win of the season moves him into a 10-point lead over Norris in the championship, but Verstappen’s eventful few laps left him 49 points behind the Australian. Continue reading Piastri wins Spanish GP

Taylor Swift bought back the right to her first six albums. “ All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me. I have been bursting into tears of joy … ever since I found out this is really happening”, Taylor Swift said in her official website. Back in June 2019, when the music manager Scooter Braun bought Swift’s former record label Big Machine, including all of the songs from Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation. Swift’s objections to the deal, blaming Braun for complicity in the “incessant manipulative bullying” against her by Kanye West one … Continue reading Taylor Swift buys back rights to the master recording of her first six albums

A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings, c 1790 to 1835 curated by DAG Delhi, India, featuring over 200 paintings highlighting the diversity of Indian artists displaying natural history, architecture and Indian customs. Popular paintings highlighting Agra Fort, Jama Masjid, Buland Darwaza, Sheikh Salim, Chishti’s tomb at Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi’s Qutub Minar and Humayun’s Tomb. An English company trading enterprise founded in 1600 the East India Company transformed into a major colonial powerhouse. By 18th century they tightened their grip on India, when the company officially commissioned Indian artists many formerly employed by the Indian Mughals to create visual records … Continue reading India’s colonial past

Disney’s Lilo and Stitch remake and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible outing have opened as two of the biggest films of year released last week. That made it the second highest opening of 2025 so far after A Minecraft movie. Misson Impossible- The Final Reckoning, the eight film in the franchise, also proved a hit with $190m ( £140m) in ticket sales. Cruise playing agent Ethan Hunt since 1996, and seemingly confirmed The Final Reckoning would be the last instalment. Lilo and Stitch, which revisits the 2002 animated family favourite, has exceeded expectations with taking of $341m ( £252m) around the … Continue reading Disney’s Lilo and Stitch record

McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix for the time controlling the race from start to finish. Norris craftly navigated the potential pitfalls of a new rule requiring driver to us three sets of tyres during the race to lead throughout and beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for the Briton’s second victory of the season.  McLaren’s Oscar Piastri took third , with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen  fourth and Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari in the fifth. Norris negotiated both pit-stop periods, starting on medium tyre followed by two stints on the hard, splitting the race more or less into thirds. Verstappen went into the … Continue reading Norris wins Incredible Monaco Grand Prix

Brazilian-born, Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s greatest documentary photo-journalist has died at the age of 81. His amazing vivd black and white images of hardship, conflict and natural beauty, captured in 130 countries over 55 years, chronicling major global events such as the Rwanda genocide in 1994, burning oilfields at the end of the Gulf War in 1991, and the famine in Sahel region of Africa in 1984. Instituo Terra, the environmental organisation he founded with his wife Leila Wanick Salgado, said in a statement “ His lens revealed the world and its contradictions, his life, the power of transformative … Continue reading Sebastião Salgado, photo-journalist dies at 81