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The streetwear brand Hurley, which is known for surf and swim apparel, has released a capsule collection inspired by Keith Haring, one of the most recognizable and oft-licensed American artists. The collection includes cotton T-shirts, board shirts, bucket and trucker hats, bathing suits, and sweatshirts for men and women, with prices ranging from $28 (a black mesh trucker hat featuring one of Haring’s blue dancing figures astride a two-legged figure that looks like some kind of dolphin/human hybrid, standing in the waves) to $100 (a reversible one-piece women’s bathing suit featuring dancing daisies on one side and an allover flower print on the other). Haring died of AIDS-related causes in 1990, at age 31. By then he was internationally known for his graffiti-inspired artworks and recurring motifs like the radiant baby, dancing figures, barking dogs, UFOs, and pulsing hearts. His subway drawings, done in white chalk on the black paper filling empty fra...

A painting stolen by the Nazis from the Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the home of descendants of a Dutch SS collaborator, according to an art detective. Portrait of a Young Girl , by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was allegedly displayed for decades by the family of Hendrik Seyffardt, a general who aided the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands before being killed by the Dutch resistance. As previously reported, a man claiming to be a descendant of Seyffardt contacted the detective Arthur Brand after discovering the painting in his family’s possession. The source, who requested anonymity, told Brand he’d only recently learned of his familial relation to Seyffardt, and later saw the work hanging in the hallway of Seyffardt’s granddaughter.  The man’s grandmother reportedly told him that it had been purchased during World War II, and that it was “Jewish looted art, stolen from Goudstikker. It is unsellable. Don’t tell anyone.” The...

Petone announced their serious challenge for this year’s Swindale Shield with this big win over Northern United. Petone led 17-7 at halftime and pulled clear to win 10 tries to 3 in the second half and the final score was 62-19. Northern United are rebuilding this year and there will be better days ahead for...

The rooftop where the Beatles played a concert to a curious cast of freaked-out Londoners in 1969 will open as part of a museum next year. As reported in the New York Times , the sacred space at 3 Savile Row—a townhouse on a street even more famous for its sophisticated tailors—will be transformed by the Beatles’ company Apple Corps into a seven-floor display of archival materials and exhibitions as well as a recreation of the studio where the band recorded its album Let It Be. Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug. Holly Tessler, an expert in Beatles tourism at the University of Liverpool, told the Times that fans regularly congregate outside the building on the street. But “very few people have been inside,” she said, adding: “I’d love to see it.” A press release on the Fab Four’s websi...

Photo: Supplied “It’s about honouring not just his legacy, but the community, culture and faith that shaped him – and sharing that with the audiences who carry that same pride” – Co-director Ve Mafileo The release of a documentary following the life of former All Black great Jonah Lomu will premiere at the 2026 Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) in August. This follows its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in February  The film, co-directed by award-winning film maker Vea Mafi’leo and Gavin Fitzgerald will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on June 13, before returning home to Aotearoa  New Zealand where it will play as the festival’s Centrepiece film. LOMU is described as a complex and deeply human portrait of Jonah Lomu – the most adored son of the Pacific and a legendary All Black – whose extraordinary talent and presence transcended rugby and reshaped the global game. Thr...

Three CAF officers on closing the gap between prototype and fielded capability. Colonel Jason (Jay) Estrela, Director of Digital and Army Combat Systems Integration Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolas Verreault, Head of the Joint UxS Office Lieutenant-Colonel Amanda Whalen, Director RCAF Digital Hub C4ISR sits at the heart of how modern militaries fight. It is what allows commanders to see the battlefield, share information, and act faster than the adversary. Canada has been investing in it for years, and with defence budgets now growing, the pressure to turn that investment into real operational advantage has never been greater. But money and intent do not automatically produce capability. The harder question is how the CAF actually gets there. That question was put to three officers who live with it every day at the 12th Annual C4ISR and Beyond Conference in Ottawa this past January. Not the senior leaders setting the vision. Not the companies selling the solution...