Now playing Next Culture news 'Merry Christmas': World's first SMS sells for €107,000 at NFT auction Vodafone auctions the world's first SMS, sent in December 1992, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), a certificate guaranteeing its ownership, for 107,000 euros. 22/12/2021
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Now playing Next Culture news ART TRENDS 2022: Video Art is back in the room Given the opportunity, audiences across Europe will be returning in 2022 to view video art in more immersive scenarios than their living rooms, bedrooms and home offices. 21/12/2021
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Now playing Next Culture news Rome's Cinecittà Studios hopes for a new golden age of cinema Once the stomping ground of Italy's greatest directors and actors, from Federico Fellini to Sophia Loren, Rome's renowned Cinecitta film studios are planning a much-needed makeover for a new era. 20/12/2021
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Now playing Next Living Watch this architecture student convert an old school bus into a home Caleb Brackney bought the bus from Facebook Marketplace and renovated it all by himself. 19/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news The real story behind the Czech Christmas glass beads The handmade production of blown glass beads into Christmas tree decorations in Poniklá, Czech Republic, earned the craft a place on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage last year. But there's more to this. 17/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Stunning 1,500 piece home nativity scene in Brazil lights up Christmas Joao de Castro says this has long been a tradition in his family. "My paternal grandmother's family is an old family from Santa Lúcia and all the women made nativity scenes." 17/12/2021
Now playing Next Living Rentable Christmas trees are now a thing thanks to this London company A London company is offering customers a chance to rent a Christmas tree and return it in the new year. 17/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Evacuated Afghan artists paint mural to say 'Thank you, Albania!' Albania has sheltered some 2,400 Afghan evacuees in hotels or tourist resorts. Some 150 of them have already left for other countries. 17/12/2021
Now playing Next Food and Drink A small Brazilian town is gaining global recognition for its cheese 57 Brazilian cheeses won medals at the biennial 'Mondial du Fromage' in Tours, France in September, putting unsung Brazil only second to France as the world's best cheese makers 16/12/2021
Now playing Next Art 'Barbarism' and war poetry: Inside Anselm Kiefer's Paris installations A new exhibition created by the German painter and sculptor at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, depicts the war poems of Paul Celan, through immersive, giant installations. 16/12/2021
Now playing Next Green News New York could be underwater by 2050. But the city has a plan It is the largest climate resiliency project in a dense urban area in the US. 15/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Christmas festivities in full swing at Santa Claus Village in Lapland Father Christmas is busy at work preparing presents for children all around the world. Luckily for everyone, he's been granted 'key worker' access to deliver his gifts. 15/12/2021