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An animal loving photographer has captured a hilarious set of pictures showing dogs leaping for treats with their eyes and mouths wide open. The ingenious snaps were taken using a technique which catches the dogs' faces a split-second before they munch down on tasty biscuits. Paws for the camera - The hilarious expressions on dogs' faces as they try to catch a treat can now be seen in one book. The photos show the dogs being excited, surprised and even...

"Sometimes you get the impression that nobody ever laughed during the period between 1914 and 1918", Ian Hislop said ahead of the opening night of the Wipers Times at Richmond Theatre. To some extent that would be true - the war was no laughing matter, after all. But in other ways it would be very un-British not to laugh in the face of adversity, and in 1916 in a bunker outside Ypres (mispronounced Wipers by British soldiers) that is precisely what...

On 29th September, 80s legends Blancmange are set to release a new album written and recorded by Neil Arthur and co-produced by Benge (Wrangler/John Foxx & The Maths and Gazelle Twin co-producer). It’s been a fantastically creative period for both of them, releasing their debut album as a new electronic duo – Fader’s First Light - in June 2017 and then the final sessions for Unfurnished Rooms followed immediately in the summer. For the new Blancmange album, all the songs...

An acclaimed playwright has hit out at "dangerous" attempts to ban performances of one of her most celebrated works featuring a transgender Jesus. A Brazilian judge has shut down a performance of Jo Clifford's The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven. And a prominent Catholic bishop has been calling for the play, which depicts Jesus as a transgender woman, to be banned altogether. They argue the groundbreaking work is offensive to Christians with cast and crew of the Brazilian...

Festivals follow many formats. The large outdoor type is arguably the most familiar, covering meadows, farms and abandoned complexes outside of the smog and strains of the city. There are the micro events that shrink into one building or room for a day or less, often referred to as one or half-dayers, and linked to scenes surrounding noise, punk and free improv. Then there are the fiery, post-apocalyptic deserts and beach-side palm forests shading hordes of dayglo psytrance devotees. The...

A troupe of naked ‘human canvases’ has been spotted in London today. The human canvases, created by award-winning body paint artist Sarah Attwell, were commissioned to highlight Britain’s disconnect with the art world. According to new research one in six Brits say they have never set foot in an art gallery, with half of those polled saying they haven't visited one in the last two years. Nearly a quarter of Brits were unable to name Van Gogh as the artist who painted...

A quirky artist has created stunning three-dimensional masterpieces - using more than 30,000 screws. Bruce Mackley, 54, uses painted screws to build stunning works of 'scrap art', which he also calls 'industrial mosaics'. The pieces can contain up to 30,000 screws, weigh up to 350lbs, and are up to seven feet tall. Bruce, from East Lansing, Michigan, has had no formal training in fine art and says he has spent the past 35 years working as an illustrator, graphic designer...

A small but highly-important ceramic dish from Imperial China is expected to sell for more than £10 MILLION next month. The brush washer is around 1,000 years old and was commissioned by the imperial court during the Song dynasty. And it was made by Ru guanyao, which is one of the most revered of the Five Great Kilns used during this period. The dish, which has a diameter of just 13cm and would have been used to clean brushes, has...

Bristol-based animal campaigning charity, Viva!, have launched their biggest ever fundraising campaign - ‘Bring Hope to Millions’. Their goal is to raise £100k and place first ever pro-vegan cinema ads in front of over two million UK cinema–goers. Viva! are Europe’s largest vegan campaigning charity and have been promoting a plant-based lifestyle for over 20 years and have launched countless hard-hitting campaigns including bus adverts targeting the dairy industry,  a recent nationwide demonstration targeting Tesco for obtaining meat from ‘Hogwood Horror Farm’ and created a media frenzy on foie-gras. Their patrons...