CULTURE

German fashion designer and creative director of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld launched an India-themed luxury show during the Metiers D'Art Show for Chanel fashion house in Paris on Tuesday. Since 2003, the show has been paying homage to Chanel workshops with high-end couture collections.

According to the book, the two-piece swimsuit takes its name from the Pacific atoll in the Marshall Islands which was the site of 23 nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958. The bikini came out a few days after the first test and was said to be "split like the atom”.

American author David Guterson won the 19th Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel "Ed King."

Murakami and King are among 12 authors shortlisted for having written the worst sex scene of the year.

A 'lost' Jane Austen portrait has been uncovered by biographer Paula Byrne, revealing a previously unseen view of the writer.

A pair of special evening shoes designed for the late Princess Soraya of Iran in 1962 was sold at a recent Paris auction to renowned French shoemaker Roger Vivier.

J.K. Rowling is one of the top five self-made female billionaires in the world, according to Forbes magazine. The Harry Potter author has fascinated children and young teens with her magic spell-laced writing ever since she started working on the stories of the bespectacled wizard boy.

Chantelle Taylor, a woman medic, killed an enemy fighter in combat in Afghanistan.

Vintage couture gowns and designer accessories are the highlights of an auction to be held at Christie's in South Kensington, on Dec. 1.

The tomb of acclaimed writer Oscar Wilde was unveiled Wednesday to mark the anniversary of his death in 1900. The stonework of the tomb had suffered damage due to well-wishes planting kisses on its surface.

A set of previously unseen Pablo Picasso etchings worth £1 million have been donated to the British Museum in London.

A rare cache of photographs of the tragic Romanov family are set to go under the hammer.

With an estimated value of £20,000, the Amy Winehouse chiffon dress with a red belt was designed by Thai-based Disaya Sorakraikitikul.

The younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge was seen smiling and exchanging mischievous grins with a man during the final of the ATP World Tour tennis tournament at the O2 in London.

One of the star-attractions of the auction was an original gouache and watercolour drawing of a battle scene from "The Secret of the Unicorn" which was sold for an astounding €168,900.

Fans of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei have taken to the web and posted nude pictures in protest against the authorities' accusations of pornography over pictures in which Ai poses nude along with four naked women.

A German company has broken the mould as far as Christmas decorations are concerned by offering convincing ‘windows’ for your garage

Henry Moore's famous sculpture, “Knife Edge Two Piece 1962 – 1965”, is in a damaged and neglected state.

Sepp Blatter, the absurd head of FIFA has apologised for making remarks which, as far as one can see, where not in fact racist.

A poignant trove of memorabilia belonging to 20th century mental asylum patients uncovered by a New York photographer.

Attractive people get paid better and enjoy more perks than their average-looking colleagues, says new research

A new British Library exhibition features illuminated manuscripts collected by the Kings and Queens of England over 700 years

The National Gallery in London will display Leonardo da Vinci's rare surviving paintings including the two versions of the Renaissance masterpiece "The Virgin of the Rocks".

A Vatican newspaper has touted Tintin as "a Catholic hero".

Can you imagine more than a thousand bells ringing together and welcoming the summer? Well, the United Kingdom is going to embrace an especially summery day next July 27 to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

To celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a collection of specially commissioned images by 12 of the United Kingdom’s leading artists was unveiled on Friday.

As booksellers package an early Tintin adventure book, and seal it with a warning, a Belgian judicial advisor rejects the book as racist

Drawings and his Adolf Hitler and his henchmen by a British artist in 1931 have emerged which give a glimpse of the early stages of Nazism.

The Mayor Gallery in London is showcasing 44 never-seen-before drawings by American poet Sylvia Plath