Author: Ewang Johnson
The first-ever Birkin handbag sold for 8.58 million euros ($10 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday, smashing previous price records for a handbag. The bag, which was bought by private collector in Japan, was designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin. Source link
It was during the 19th Century that clubs in London boomed – approximately a dozen existed at the start of the century, and 400 by the end. Clubs in general became less louche, in step with a new, Victorian interest in propriety. Most significantly, they took on a central role in British politics, and scores of political clubs were founded in central London in these years, in a swathe of the city bound by Piccadilly to the north, Pall Mall to the south, St James’s Street to the west, and Haymarket to the east. Several of the most renowned, party-affiliated…
LAGOS, Nigeria, 10 July 2025/ A powerful cultural renaissance is underway in Nigeria, where communities are reclaiming their heritage and reimagining their future with confidence and clarity. Long known for its vibrant artistic traditions and dynamic creative industries, the country is now investing in cultural preservation and innovation as key drivers of identity, resilience, and economic growth. “Art and material culture offer a way to erase colonial boundaries and place histories in relation to one another. A single bead shows us how trade and innovation thrived across West Africa long before European demarcation,” explains Ore Disu, cultural strategist and founding…
Join arts24 presenter Eve Jackson on an exclusive journey inside the Grand Egyptian Museum – a colossal cultural masterpiece just a mile from the Great Pyramids of Giza. The museum’s grand debut has faced multiple delays and was set to open this July, but ongoing tensions in the Middle East have pushed back the opening once again, making this your rare opportunity to explore its wonders ahead of time. Source link
Japanese animation, or anime, has a legacy that stretches back to the early 20th Century, and a creative scope that spans seemingly endless stories and styles, from pirate sagas to sci-fi warfare; sorcery to sports action; martial arts mythology to star-crossed romance. The music used to soundtrack it is similarly adventurous. Songs vary significantly in their genres and tempos (often shape-shifting within a single track), but they also share common qualities: they elevate the visual action and deeply seal our bond with it. In the digital age, vividly evocative, insistently snappy themes are key to the viral impact of iconic…
Awards celebrate journalists’ role in demystifying intellectual property through storytelling HARARE, Zimbabwe, 9th July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The 2025 edition of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Intellectual Property (IP) Journalists’ Awards is now open for entries. The competition calls for journalists from the 22 ARIPO Member States who report on the innovation and IP narratives. It recognizes the work of journalists who educate the African populace about IP and raise awareness on the importance of innovation and the benefits of protecting IP rights. Now in its second year, the competition encourages quality journalism by acknowledging reporters’ excellence…
Leadership fails the moment trust disappears. For years, that was Ghana’s reality. Public confidence drained away. Institutions lost credibility. Leaders spoke, but the country stopped listening. It wasn’t outrage that followed. It was silence. A quiet retreat from belief. Not because Ghanaians were indifferent — but because they were tired. What settled in was deeper than disillusionment. It was detachment. That is what makes this political moment so important. John Dramani Mahama did not return to office as the same man. And Ghana did not re-elect him for old times’ sake. This was not nostalgia. It was a referendum. A…
Film critic Perrine Quennesson tells us why Palme d’Or-winning director Julia Ducournau’s latest feature “Alpha” divided critics when it screened at Cannes. She explains how leading actor Tahar Rahim transformed himself for the role and salutes the French filmmaker’s imaginative use of imagery in her daring films. Source link
Gunn’s most striking idea is to start his story not at the beginning, but somewhere around the middle, as if this were the third or fourth film in the series. When we first meet Superman, played by the suitably handsome and wholesome David Corenswet, he’s already been protecting Metropolis from supervillains for three years. He’s already dating his go-getting colleague at the Daily Planet newspaper, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan), and he’s already loathed by a fanatical bald billionaire, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult). What’s more unusual for a Superman franchise-starter is that he’s not the world’s only superhuman – or “metahuman”,…
• All Hands on Deck: Unleash prosperity through world class capital markets by Arunma Oteh has emerged as the winner of the prestigious award for 2025 • Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance by Bronwen Everill emerged as the runner-up. • Toni Kan’s Riding the Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic covering the African response to the Covid-19 pandemic was awarded the second runner-up prize. • Organisers lauded the exciting shortlisted books but lamented the general paucity of stories about African business and enterprise. • The Kaye Whiteman Memorial Lecture was delivered by Mr. Papa Ndiaye,…