Harlech street new record holder for steepest in the world
Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech is now officially the steepest street in the world, according to the Guinness World Records. …
Category: Culture
Rhondda-born actor Glyn Houston dies age 93
After a career of almost 70 years, the actor Glyn Houston has died. He appeared in more than 80 films …
St Fagans named Museum of the Year
St Fagans National Museum Of History, near Cardiff, has been crowned Museum Of The Year. The prize is £100,000. It …
Grenfell community to ‘stand strong together’ and remember victims two years on from fire
Survivors of the Grenfell fire and families of its 72 victims are to come together two years on to “share some tears” …
Notre Dame’s place in history
Andrew Anderson (Letters, 18 April) is quite right to point out that nobody died in the conflagration at Notre Dame. …
Norway’s Kon-Tiki museum to return thousands of Easter Island artefacts
Norway has agreed to hand back thousands of artefacts removed from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific …
French masterpieces renamed after black subjects in new exhibition
French art masterpieces have been renamed after their long-overlooked black subjects in a ground-breaking new Paris show on the representation …
Woman in Slovenia ‘cuts off own hand with circular saw for insurance payout’
A woman was arrested in Slovenia for fraud after cutting her hand off with a circular saw in a bid …
Support for no-deal Brexit growing as MPs gear up to vote on May’s deal: poll
Support for a no-deal Brexit is growing in Britain, according to a new poll released on Sunday, as lawmakers prepare …
Theresa May rushes to Strasbourg to find a deal as Brexit crunch looms
Theresa May rushed to Strasbourg on Monday to seek concessions from the European Union in a last-ditch attempt to avoid …