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Bring the park and picnic to your indoor table For those setting up a new home, it is of course a matter of the utmost importance to find furniture that are not only practical and sturdy, but also transform their homes with their unique style. Tables, specifically, are an essential element of a household and great part of our everyday ...

Cartoon lip-art has won London makeup artist Laura Jenkinson a large internet following. She uses theatrical makeup and occasionally lipstick to create her portraits, which have included the likes of Roger Rabbit and the Lion King. Jenkinson’s inspiration and technique are surprisingly simple:    

A company has seen a huge rise in demand for odd shaped coffins, ranging from ones which looks like a human-sized skip, to others that resemble the Angel of the North. Bosses at coffin makers Vic Fern and Co say people are turning their back on the traditional wooden box and opting to spend eternity inside something a little more ...

10)  $145.0m “Three studies of Lucian Freud” by Francis Bacon   Holds the current auction record after selling at Christie’s New York in 2013. It easily surpassed its estimate of $85m as frantic bidding between seven potential buyers pushed up the price for the six-foot triptych, which was painted in 1969, and shows Bacon’s friend Lucian Freud, the British painter.