LONDON - A LEATHER and silk-bound photographic autobiography by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will go on sale later this month for a hefty 445 pounds (S$918.46).
Page, one of the world's top guitarists, has chosen nearly 650 photographs to provide a visual history of his musical career, annotated by extended captions written by him.
LONDON - SOME of Britain's best-known artists are opposing planned government cuts that could slash arts funding by 25 per cent.
More than 100 artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin say they fear deep cuts could hobble the country's creative economy.
TEHERAN - THE British Museum on Friday loaned Iran an ancient terracotta document called the Cyrus Cylinder, after a row in which Iran said it had cut ties with the institution, a senior official said.
'Today the Cyrus Cylinder, which has so far been kept in the British Museum, arrived in Iran,' Vice President Hamid Baghai, who heads the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation, told Fars news agency.
PARIS - A THAI director's Cannes-winning reincarnation movie Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives opened to rave reviews in France but has flopped at the box office, industry data showed on Thursday.
After a week in French cinemas, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's work has failed to make it into the top 10 most-seen films, making it the worst showing for a Cannes winner in the past decade, trade magazine Le Film Francais said.
