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Priceless buddha that sailed with Onassis is broken in museum case
Tuesday 05 July 2011
The Onassis Buddha, a priceless Fabergé statue, survived for years on a Greek tycoon's yacht until it was bought in 2008 by a Russian billionaire art collector. One would have thought a hermetically sealed glass case in a new museum would be enough to protect it, but the treasure has suffered unforeseen damage in a freak accident after its display case shattered in "mysterious circumstances", leading to detachment of one of the statue's hands – and an irate owner.
Where's My Seat?, Bush Theatre, London
Wednesday 22 June 2011
The Bush Theatre has now moved into its new home in the old Victorian library on the Uxbridge Road, and is brilliantly breaking us in with a "soft opening" of three short plays with audience participation in the intervals.
Sister 'knew Milly Dowler was abducted'
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Milly Dowler's sister knew instinctively that she had been abducted, the Old Bailey heard today.
Lindsay Lohan out of jail after rollercoaster day
Saturday 23 April 2011
Lindsay Lohan was briefly jailed again yesterday after a rollercoaster day in which a judge downgraded her jewelry theft charge, but sentenced the actress to four months behind bars for violating her probation.
Jewels from £73m heist found in Paris sewer
Thursday 10 March 2011
Investigators have dug up jewels worth £15.5m hidden in a Paris sewer, part of a 2008 heist targeting the luxury jeweller Harry Winston.
Lindsay Lohan pleads not guilty
Thursday 10 February 2011
Lindsay Lohan has pleaded not guilty to felony grand theft.
Lindsay Lohan accused of stealing necklace
Wednesday 02 February 2011
Lindsay Lohan has been accused of stealing jewellery.
Step carefully as you walk on the wild side
Sunday 16 January 2011
An active holiday amid fabulous scenery will draw even more of us to emerging Montenegro this year. Andy McSmith reports
Bargain Hunter: Sparkle in the new year
Saturday 15 January 2011
There are just two days remaining to take advantage of Links of London's new year sale. The sale features dozens of popular items, including friendship bracelets, cufflinks, charms, watches, rings, and necklaces, not to mention non-jewellery products such as picture frames. Head over to http://ind.pn/f9ok76 for the full list of discounted items.
Screen Talk: Taxing role
Friday 03 December 2010
Taxes and death are often cited as the only sure things in life. So it must be nothing more than hope-busting for Wesley Snipes to find out that his quest for a new trial for tax-related crimes was turned down.
Snap judgements: Seven great photographers talk about their craft
Saturday 06 November 2010
Anybody can take a snapshot – but what makes a truly extraordinary picture? The world's greatest living photographers tell Anne-Celine Jaeger how they craft their genre-defining images...
Ringing change: Stars' jeweller crafts a move down market
Sunday 31 October 2010
Theo Fennell, the jeweller to the stars, is back in the black.
Ready To Wear: The white shirt looks set to be everywhere next season
Monday 11 October 2010
Sometimes the simplest of garments brings out a display of virtuosity in designers more effectively than anything more obviously sensational in flavour.
£40m gems raid gunman jailed for 23 years
Friday 06 August 2010
A gunman who terrified staff as he carried out the UK's biggest jewellery robbery was jailed for 23 years today.
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Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria’s rebels
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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