Adele, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Harry Styles, the Spice Girls, and Robbie Williams have declined to perform at a flashy royal ceremony that hasn’t taken place since 1953. Nevertheless, the show must go on. The queen is dead, long live the…. Which ceremony? *

The V&A Museum has received an archive of over 80,000 pieces, including flamboyant costumes, handwritten lyrics, contact sheets, guitars, amps and Brian Eno’s synthesiser. It will go on display in 2025. Ground control to Major Tom, can you tell us whose? *

You won’t find this “country” on a map, but it has a flag, passport and central bank. Representatives of the United States of Kailasa were at a UN meeting last week, to advocate for the inclusivity of women. Its leader, a self-styled godman, is in hiding. Who? *

Instagram has a new queen. After she deleted her TikTok account, she dethroned Kylie Jenner as the most followed female on Instagram, with 392 million followers and growing, gaining 10 million of them in just a week. She’s a Revelación. Who? *

It didn’t matter who won or lost the match between Beskitas and Antalyaspor at a Turkish Süper Lig. In a tribute to children affected by the earthquake that killed over 50,000, fans threw, players caught and the stadium was flooded with thousands of what? *

Apart from Naatu Naatu, The Elephant Whisperers and All That Breathes, another Indian is going to the Oscars, but not as a nominee. She made her presence felt at Cannes and FIFA last year. She will present an award at the Oscars ceremony this year. Who? *

Standing 11-feet-tall and weighing 800 kg, Irinjadappilly Raman made a grand entrance at the Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur. He, or it, was donated by PETA India and actress Parvathy Thiruvothu, in a bid to make festivals at the Kerala temple cruelty free. What is it? *

Shashi Tharoor is famous for spewing a farrago of words when he speaks and tweets. It’s no wonder an attendee came armed to a talk show where the MP from Thiruvananthapuram was in conversation with host R Lungleng in Nagaland. What was he carrying? *

They’re here! And they’re a month early. Over 1.8 lakh of them showed up at the sandy banks of the Rushikulya river in Odisha, for their annual nesting ritual. Flippers, beaks and shells peppered a four-km stretch from Posampeta to Bateshwar. Who? *