Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Vatican employee has been arrested after police say he stole a 391-year-old manuscript from …
Qiu Yunting and Wu Sicong play the leading roles in the ballet. One of the highlights is the National Theatre's production Nye starring Michael Sheen, which is the 100th National Theatre live play since it launched its program of digital cinema broadcasts, known as National Theatre Live, in 2009. With this year marking the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, …
The ultimate paragon of male beauty? V&A Museum, London Donatello's early marble David sculpture, 1408, is featured in the V&A's exhibition, Donatello: Scultping the Renaissance Sculpture at this time was always architectural, so when it was decided that Donatello's marble David would not stand on a buttress of Florence's cathedral as originally intended, but instead in the City Hall, a …
