The world’s first Bricks-and-mortar Vagina Museum, the only museum in the world dedicated to the gynecological female anatomy, founded by Florence Schechter, reopens in its new location in Bethnal Green. There is one Vagina with a pierced clitoris, another with tampon string hanging out, one completely hairless and another encased in a ginger halo, some…
Bahrain International Circuit Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari 1-2 in Formula 1’s 2022 Bahrain season opener, having beaten Max Verstappen in a thrilling race-long battle before Red Bull’s efforts backfired. Leclerc and Verstappen shot off the line in unison. With two laps to go Verstappen complaining about a steering problem to reporting a battery…
Stephen Galloway’s Truly, Madly is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, is “the romance of the century”. The golden couple whose admirers were enthralled by their private lives as by their stage and screen performances. They received over 1, 000 fan letters a week. Vivien and Larry were two…
This is the first full biography of the fearless life of Maria Yudina, the subversive and a legendary pianist who survived Stalin’s Russia and escaped camps that enveloped so many of her close friends. Maria Yudina was no ordinary musician who lived on the fringers of Soviet society and had close friendships with such towering…
Rachel Blackmore (32) became the first female rider to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, winning on A Plus Tard. It was Blackmore’s second feature race success of the week, after her win on Honeysuckle on Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle. The pair had finished second to stablemate Minella Indo last year, as Blackmore made no…
Holi, a popular ancient Hindu festival mainly celebrated across India, Nepal, and South Asian diaspora, including Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States and the UK.by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists across March 17 and 18, signalling the arrival of spring, blossoming of love,…
St Patrick’s Day also known as the Feast of Saint Patrick or in Irish La Fheile Padraig, sees a celebration of the heritage and culture of the Irish. St Patrick’s Day commemorates St Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, a 5th century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. His father was a deacon, and his…
Nazanin Zaghari- Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, British- Iranian nationals, jailed in Iran, touched down at RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, just after 01:00GMT on Thursday. Ms. Zaghari- Ratcliffe was accused of plotting to overthrow Iran’s government and Mr. Ashoori had been held for allegedly spying claims denied by both of them. The International Revolutionary Guard…
India’s greatest cultural ambassador sitarist Ravi Shankar, ten years after his death which fell in 2020 is being marked by the pandemic-delayed Shankar 100, two months events began in February in London’s South Bank Centre, in which his daughter, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar, was among the family and students paying tribute. Anoushka was the heart…
https://youtu.be/2VbOZ7S2kZ0 Seven-and-half golden elephants, “Ezhara Pannana procession” held during the annual festival at Ettumanoor Sree Mahadeva Temple at Ettumanoor, Kerala, which is often referred to as “God’s Own Country”. Several of the temples have unique traditions and most hold festivals on specific days of the year. Temple festivals usually continue for several days and some…