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Art Deco steam stalwart, 84, prepares for his final festival journey
Art Deco Festival steam train volunteer Bill Town is calling it a day after over 30 years.
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Why London’s chimney sweeps are enjoying a resurgence
New York Times: The old trade makes use of new tools and tech as energy costs rise.
After an earthquake, preserving a slow craft in a fast world
New York Times: Wajima holds a singular place in lacquer traditional artwork.
Spies release Rainbow Warrior papers
Documents show how NZSIS helped crack the case against France – and what might have been.
'Adam is both genders': The NZ expert who says we have the Sistine Chapel all wrong
The controversial view behind a new exhibition of Michelangelo's famous frescoes.
Hercules shrine filled with bronze statues discovered in Rome
Archaeologists also revealed third century BC tombs with sarcophagi and urns.
Archaeologists find large Roman villa under deer park in Wales
New York Times: It sheds new light on the Roman occupation there, an expert says.
Claudette Colvin, unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
At age 15 in 1955, Claudette Colvin refused to surrender her bus seat.
Edinburgh insider shares best local spots tourists often miss
From whisky distilleries to hidden museums, she shares spots beyond the usual tour.
Scientists discover oldest poison, on 60,000-year-old arrows
New York Times: South African find gives clues to when humans adopted a deadly strategy.
Roman ‘medicine’ box carved from deer bone unearthed
The historic object was discovered inside the grave of a young woman in Worcestershire,
Frenchwoman accused of libel over Nazi 'collaborator' family novel
A historian's novel has proved too much for members of her family who are suing her.
Inside scoop: The 2500-year history of ice cream
OPINION: Ancient Persians built yakhchals in 550BC to store and even make ice.
Aotearoa: A name and a choice - a response to the Herald's editorial
OPINION: There are concerns with how language is being used as a political instrument.
Anne Frank's step-sister, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, dies
Schloss survived Auschwitz after being deported there on her 15th birthday.
Rapper Bad Bunny criticised over museum monument snap
Mexico’s heritage agency says even light contact can permanently damage artefacts.
Analysis: How ancient Sparta explains 2026
A vanished Greek city-state has been mythologised for its militarism and self-reliance.
Helen Clark farewells father George, 103, after life spanning a century of change
OPINION: George Clark lost three uncles in World War I before he was even born.
'Quite a shock': Gisborne historian humbled by King’s Service Medal
Sheridan Gundry worries there is no-one ready to record Tairāwhiti's next 50 years.
The tale of Takitimu: Historic waka journey inspires graphic novel
Takitimu is said to have brought the ancestors of Ngāti Kahungunu to Aotearoa.
How Pan Am and Kodak were turned into South Korean fashion
Brand icons have been resurrected or reinvented as clothing lines in a surreal afterlife.
'It's a wonderful life': Inside NZ's only Trappist monastery
Only six monks now live at Kopua, down from a peak community of 27.
New museum brings fresh pressure for return of Nefertiti statue
Calls for the item's return to Egypt have received a renewed push.
A pottery master prospers in Japan by embracing a troubled history
NYT: Kazuteru Osako’s kiln is in the village where his Korean ancestors were settled.
From a popular dragstrip to some of NZ's best wine: The curious case of the soil under Thunderpark
The old riverbed was considered “almost worthless”. Not now.
Macron’s butler accused of stealing tableware from Elysee Palace
The butler is accused of taking more than 100 historic porcelain pieces.
Waka voyaging a connection to the past while looking to the future
'I do believe it is underappreciated the value our waka bring to communities.'
After the Louvre heist, museums look for lessons to help stop thieves
New York Times: Some museums are using AI to examine and analyse camera feeds.
‘Gold Under The Mānuka’: The story of Mangaorapa Station
Mangaorapa Station grew from rabbit-plagued scrub to 4792 acres of fertile farm.
British Museum sends artefacts abroad to help countries ‘decolonise’
'Cultural diplomacy, that’s what museums should do,' director Dr Nicholas Cullinan said.