Choppy financial markets have boosted business for Noble Investments, with the dealer in rare coins, stamps and medals set to post profits well ahead of hopes... more
China is to turn one of Afghanistan's most historic sites into a mine and there is now a battle to rescue treasures held in shrines and temples around the mountain... more
Thanks to the courage of a handful of Afghan officials at The National Museum in Kabul, a hoard of treasures was saved from Taliban destruction and is now on show in London, bringing cultural clues of life before political borders were drawn... more
Thanks to the courage of a handful of Afghan officials at The National Museum in Kabul, a hoard of treasures was saved from Taliban destruction and is now on show in London, bringing cultural clues of life before political borders were drawn... more
The Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film festival may not be quite the Oscars - film buffs think it's classier - but there's a British film in the running for it tomorrow... more
With his rippling biceps and toned pecs, Colin Farrell used to look as though he would burst out of his clothes. These days, he is in danger of disappearing inside them
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Paul Scofield, one of the greatest actors of his generation and a ‘colossus’ of stage and screen, was being mourned last night. He died at 86 in a hospital near his Sussex home after a long battle with leukaemia.
Scofield was best known for his portrayal of the Tudor statesman Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film of Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons – which won him a best actor Oscar... more
Evening Standard Chief Arts Correspendent Louise Jury gets a first look at the British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army.... more
The brilliant young German who became court painter to Henry VIII was a devout Catholic and could easily have lost his head. Dull conformity saved him from the axe, says Brian Sewell.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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