The white yellow star in Sextans constellation will be called ‘Bhibha’, a pioneering Indian woman scientist, and the planet will be known as ‘Santamasa’ which means ‘clouded’ in Sanskrit

The Origins Centre housed on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has just opened a new Rock Engraving Archive to the public. This is the biggest collection of rock engravings on display on the continent. It is the culmination of decades of shifting policy – and…

Fully organised and created by Africans, and featuring the continent’s finest contemporary artists, a touring exhibition is marking a bold new dawn

Charles Dickens didn’t invent the British Christmas as we know it but in 1843 he gave it a face and a name, that of Ebenezer Scrooge.

It’s time to raise the bar in the film theatre business, show every minute detail of what’s happening on the screen, and up the game on sound, design and food. This is what Gautam Dutta, chief executive officer, PVR Cinemas, firmly believes in. And that is the reason why India’s…

From Little Women to Olafur Eliasson, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days