Inspired by this vision, Pillay built a temple in Lord Murugan’s name and installed a sacred statue of him. A year later, in 1892, the first Thaipusam at Batu Caves was celebrated. The next part of ...

K. Thamoosamby Pillay. Image: Varnam Malaysia Inspired by this vision, Pillay built a temple in Lord Murugan’s name and installed a sacred statue of him. A year later, in 1892, the first Thaipusam at ...

Read our privacy notice. Footage has been released showing the shocking moment two Royal Air Force engineers broke a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue in half before stealing it. Daniel Heath ...

Two RAF engineers who broke a Paddington statue have been told by a judge they are the "antithesis" of everything the bear stands for. Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22 and based at RAF ...

A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...

A French politician is in the limelight for his recent and rather controversial statement. He has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, presented by the French people as a gift in 1884.

France’s self-professed last sculpture foundry has weighed into a row over whether the US should return the Statue of Liberty to its country of origin by proposing to build a new one out of ...

A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a young woman campaigning to protect her. Tilly Cripwell is in her final ...

Shared this morning (March 19), the track was first previewed on Nick Grimshaw’s BBC 6 Music show. It sees the artist, lyricist, poet, playwright and author take on a raw, honest approach ...

A French politician has called on the US to give the Statue of Liberty back after suggesting that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants.” Raphael Glucksmann ...

Detectives in Melbourne are investigating whether a statue of a head which appeared on stage during a Kneecap gig last week is the same one which is at the centre of an ongoing inquiry. On 10 June ...