Culture + Arts - The Deeping

Oct 31, 2025

Louvre heist: five keys to understanding the robbery – and security threats to museums everywhere

Ph. The Louvre Museum, in Paris, France. Sergii Figurnyi/Shutterstock Carmen Jordá Sanz, Universidad Camilo José Cela On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as

Oct 30, 2025

You’ve just stolen a priceless artifact – what happens next?

Ph. The tiara of Empress Eugénie was one of eight priceless pieces of jewelry stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, 2025. Zhang Mingming/VCG via Getty Images Leila Amineddoleh, New York University The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct 19, 2025, played out like a scene from a

Oct 15, 2025

Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up

Chris Thompson, Australian Catholic University In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors for the career of actor Diane Keaton. In that film, so

Oct 3, 2025

Beyond the crowds: locals lead a sustainable reset of tourism

Europe’s most popular travel destinations are feeling the strain of their own success. From Paris to Dubrovnik, mass tourism brings overcrowding and pollution. Yet just beyond these hotspots lie regions eager to welcome visitors. EU-funded researchers believe they have found a way to channel tourism more sustainably. One such place is Trebinje, in

Aug 13, 2025

Côte d’Ivoire’s sacred talking drum is coming home: lessons from Kenya on how it could transform lives

Timothy Gachanga, Kenyatta University The French parliament has unanimously passed a law to return the Djidji Ayôkwé, a sacred talking drum stolen by colonial forces from Côte d’Ivoire in 1916. Once used by the Ebrié people in the coastal south of the country to summon gatherings, announce royal messages and anchor community identity,

Aug 8, 2025

‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome

Ph. The Roman baths at Sabratha, Libya, were damaged in the earthquake and tsunami of 365 AD. Reza / Getty Images Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to

Aug 7, 2025

A university bookshop in Ibadan tells the story of Nigeria’s rich publishing culture

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University Driven by a desire to explore Nigeria’s literary and cultural history beyond the metropolis of Lagos, I took a road trip to Ibadan, once the most important university town in the country. Ibadan, in Oyo State, was the first city in Nigeria to have a university set up in

Apr 4, 2025

Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history

Hamza Benattia, Universitat de Barcelona A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle East in around 800 BCE. It reveals a much richer and more complex history than previously thought.

Apr 4, 2025

Uncorking the past: new analysis of Troy findings rewrites the story of wine in the early bronze age

Depas amphikypellon from Schliemann’s excavations at Troy. Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen/Valentin Marquardt, CC BY-SA Stephan Blum, University of Tübingen Wine drinking in ancient Troy was not restricted to the upper classes, as has long been supposed – something our new research has established for the first time. Colleagues

Feb 27, 2025

A Palestinian film is an Oscars favorite − so why is it so hard to see?

Ph. Directors Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham on stage at the 62nd New York Film Festival on Sept. 29, 2024. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Drew Paul, University of Tennessee For many low-budget, independent films, an Oscar nomination is a golden ticket. The publicity can translate into theatrical releases or rereleases, along with more

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