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Bayeux Tapestry damaged in transit to England despite earlier warnings from independent experts
The Bayeux Tapestry was damaged during its transportation to England, as independent experts had cautioned before the masterpiece was dispatched. According to a curator of the British Museum, this priceless work will no longer be able to be displayed in France in the same form as before. Another large question
Steel Sphere of 1936 Found During Demolition of a Paper Mill in North Carolina
Giant steel sphere discovered during the demolition of a paper mill in North Carolina The riveted steel sphere, about 9 metres high and weighing about 40 tonnes, is reported to have been built in 1936. Unfortunately, it was damaged by mistake during dismantling. The most convincing version suggests that the
Emmanuel Marre's film "Our Salvation", about his great-grandfather in Vichy, is released in France
On 30 September the Belgian-French director Emmanuel Marre's film "Our Salvation" opened in French cinemas; in May 2026 it won the prize for best screenplay in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Strangely enough, this large political picture pleases audiences from the left
National Museum of Korea director criticised over misattributed work from his own collection
Yu Hong-jun, Director of the National Museum of Korea, is being criticised for lending the museum a work from his own collection that turned out to have been misattributed. At the exhibition "Korean Table: Food, Nature and Life", which opened on 1 July, the museum displayed a