"London," the title of Vivienne Westwood's costume-design inspired fall-winter collection, had it all: Elizabethan corsets, Sherlock Holmes tweed, scholars gowns and even a model cycling down the catwalk.

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The iconic courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, while faithfuls leave after Friday prayer. colour corrected

The iconic courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, while faithfuls leave after Friday prayer

In an annex of Iraq's national museum, a conservator pores over a 17th-century manuscript, carrying out delicate restoration work as part of efforts to preserve and digitise 47,000 precious texts (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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The legendary Crown of the Andes has gone on public display at Christie's auction house in New York. The treasure weighs nearly five pounds, is encrusted with 450...

1. Douglas Owsley, forensic anthropologist, uncovering skull and model of "jane" - remains of a 14-year-old girl who experts believe was cannibalised post-mortem in colonial Jamestown, UPSOUND:...

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France joins the contemporary art festival cir
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Those in the know are just discovering Lyon's quietly confident Biennale. Now celebrating its fourth edition, the exhibition promises...

The immorality of wine, game and lust shown by De la Tour in one of his most enigmatic artworks through a game of looks at the card table.

The main entrance of the exquisite Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore, famous for its faience tile decorations

The main entrance of the exquisite Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore, famous for its faience tile decorations. Colour corrected

Lebanese stained glass artist Maya Husseini had hoped to retire after decades of designing colourful windows, but now she is overwhelmed with requests after a massive explosion ripped through Beirut. In neighbourhoods near the port, the...

The central panel of a triptych by Rubens, in which the artist reconstructed the last moments of the sacrifice at the Calvary in a complex composition of figures and volumes influenced by Caravaggio.