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Jaya Bachchan criticized the title of 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' as unappealing, deeming it a flop. However, the film received acclaim for addressing sanitation issues in rural India, even earning ...

The glimmering commode, an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen during a break-in at Winston Churchill’s ancestral home in 2019. By Alex Marshall Alex Marshall has covered the case of the ...

A gang has been convicted over the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Thieves smashed their way in and ripped out the functional toilet, hours after a ...

Getting the best toilet roll means you avoid flushing money down the loo by overspending on toilet paper that turns out to feel rougher than sandpaper or means you need to use more sheets than you'd ...

With spring slowly creeping in, daffodils have begun blooming around us. Not only are daffodils becoming part of our outdoor scenery again, but you might’ve spotted them popping up in the ...

Carol McNicoll, potter behind playful 1970s works like Three-Spouted Teapot and Unravelling Vase In her ‘New Ceramics’ instead of throwing tableware on the wheel she made surreal objects cast ...

The toilets below perform impressively in our tests, evacuating waste and cleaning the bowl well—with minimal noise. Most are single-flush models, though the top-rated Glacier Bay model is a ...