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The buyer of the $450m painting by Leonardo da Vinci has been revealed as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Wall Street Journal has reported

Zanzibar-born artist Lubaina Himid became the oldest winner and first black woman to win Turner Prize.

Coffee and bacon are well-known hangover cure favourites - but what if there was some way to combine them for the ultimate hangover cure?

The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the world's biggest, most prestigious photography competitions, with a big cash prize and a hugely popular annual exhibition. And it's free to enter.

Merged company will have combined might of more than 9,500 screens spread across US and Europe.

While the packaging says "12", small print lets you know it's only a dozen if you cut them up yourself.

A major UK retailer has announced plans to sell food past its "best before" date to reduce waste. Here are some tips for preventing perfectly edible food ending up in the bin.

Toad in the hole is a baked British dish made of pastry and sausages - but Americans insist it is something else entirely.

On 1 December 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, which lays the grounds for many adventures to come.

The new Fifty Shades of Grey book - Darker- promises to be more intense than the last. We decided to put it to the test by finding the raunchiest lines.

A popular chicken nugget dipping sauce has managed to make a comeback in Australia following an online petition.

Zizzi allegedly has a policy in which they can make waiters pay for a number of mistakes, such as incorrect change and customers leaving without paying.

A new book, Masters of Landscape Photography, looks at 16 leading exponents of the genre, each with their own unique take on how, where and why to capture landscapes.

On 28 November 1717, Blackbeard captured a slave vessel from French merchant and made it his flagship, renaming it Queen Anne's Revenge.

His wife was pregnant at the time of their wedding ceremony, she was older, he was a minor: Shakespeare's marriage was scandalous for his era, but would raise few eyebrows today.

Expert tasters at The World Cheese Awards 2017 have revealed Spain's best cheese. A cheese from Cornwall received first place.

A study linked an impressive 17% reduced chance of dying to the popular hot drink. What's more, it has a host of additional health benefits.

Laura Ko's social media account Loko Kitchen is taking Instagram by storm with her culinary creations.

France consumers have been warned of a foie gras shortage ahead of Christmas, which means prices will rocket. The French are only just coming out of a butter crisis.

A colour drawing by legendary Belgian cartoonist Herge depicting Tintin and his dog Snowy, has sold for more than half a million euros.

After a school banned glitter for the sake of the environment, we wondered where it originated from?

A painting of Christ believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for $450m in New York. In the past, pieces by artists including Picasso have also been bought by private buyers.

The Facebook group has 33,200 members and is still growing. A white bread ham sandwich isn't the best way to win them over, though...

Photographers around the world are invited to submit their work in any or all of four categories: Wildlife, Landscape, Underwater and Aerial.

In a new survey, beef bourguignon was voted as the most representative dish of French cuisine. Steak frites came in third, with lots of meaty meals making up the top 10.

AFP photographer Fred Dufour took a closer look at the Tianjin Binhai library and discovered that the rows of book spines are just images printed on the backs of shelves.

In 1991, Danish photographer Krass Clement spent three months in Ireland, capturing melancholic, monochromatic photos that take us on a journey through deserted streets on the outskirts of Dublin.

The painting was originally commissioned by Louis XII of France and made history recently when it became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction.

Ferraris worth £140 million ($184m) are on show at Ferrari: Under the Skin, an exhibition at London's Design Museum to mark the 70th anniversary of the automotive marque.