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The lots that she’s supplying... are electrifying!
Is the man in a short TV report from 2003 the graffiti artist? You have 35 seconds to help you decide
Boris Johnson makes model buses in his spare time, apparently
Call yourself a handbag designer, Jeff Koons? Leonardo beat you to it by 500 years
The DJ has curated an exhibition in Lisbon dedicated to the smiley logo – an image he has been collecting for decades
The president of the European Commission has expanded – cryptically, of course – on his description of Angela Merkel as an ‘endearing work of art’
The big blond blimp is on the wish list at the Museum of London, apparently
The strangest Leonardo anniversary news to date (and it has nothing to do with the Salvator Mundi)
A gaggle of Gaga’s costumes have gone on display in Las Vegas – but her infamous meat dress isn’t quite was it once was
The infamous tabloid is the focus of a new attraction in Tennessee – which is as chock-full of celeb gossip and conspiracy theories as you'd imagine