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Baby Reindeer, the autobiographical Netflix series about one comedian’s experience of stalking, has consistently been in the streamer’s top ten most-watched since its release. The story follows barman-cum-comedian…
National Gallery
Usually relegated to the sidelines, Mary Magdalene is depicted with passion and power in this painting by a north Italian master.
The National Gallery 1886, Interior of Room 32 by Giuseppe Gabrielli.
Government Art Collection
We know next to nothing about the artist. We know still less about the people he depicted.
Grumpy Santa in Raymond Briggs’s classic Father Christmas.
Raymond Briggs / Leigh Simpson
This beautifully realised exhibition reveals the wit, warmth and artistic skill that made Raymond Briggs so beloved by children and adults alike.
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A classic Nicholls tale of unlikely lovers finding each other but with a post-pandemic twist.
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The synchronisation involved in music and dance may be the “active ingredient” in their social bonding effects.
The recreated head of Shanidar Z, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix documentary ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’ based on 3D scans of the reconstructed skull.
BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds
Scientists can’t yet tell how soft tissue overlayed bones, so this reconstruction is inevitably based on artistic licence.
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Though it seemed like music for the inner cities, 2-Tone sought to take its message of inclusion to young people in less racially mixed small towns and rural areas too.
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Looking through the archive of an arts magazine I discovered how Ballard was trying out an early form of computer-generated poetry.
Plato and his students at his school, where he is believed to have been buried.
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For the Ancient Greeks, the way a philosopher died was meant to reflect their lives and teachings.
Drawing of sky-goddess Nut, held by Shu, arched over her brother, the earth-god Geb. The rising Sun sails up her legs in the east before setting down her arms in the west.
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A new study shines light on the link between the Milky Way and the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut
A satire on factions within the Church of England featuring Henry Sacheverell, on the right.
The Trustees of the British Museum
This 18th-century Tory preacher and Oxford don preached an incendiary political sermon in 1709 and became England’s first celebrity.
Untitled design.
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Two vengeful women in love, a daughter on a mission to save her father, female spies and two ambitious wives.
Paul Auster on the set of Lulu on the Bridge, which he directed in 1997.
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A writer of immense talent, Auster’s legacy bequeaths the power of imagination and the inexhaustible possibilities of language.
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The new 00s are back in a mission to stop a network of international smugglers and rescue Britain’s greatest spy, James Bond.
The newly discovered dodecahedron photographed during the dig.
Norton Disney Archaeology Group
The recent discovery of a Roman dodecahedron in Lincolnshire has prompted renewed fascination in these ancient mysterious objects.
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Humans tend to suffer from a negativity bias – we notice and dwell more readily on negative experiences than positive ones.
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James is front and centre in this emotional and illuminating retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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These four tips will help you to regain your autonomy, try new things, and avoid getting stuck in an algorithmic loop.
Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding.
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This chaotic queer romance thriller is at once absorbing and repulsive.
A Lion’s Watermelon by Adam Rouhana (2024).
South West Bank
This year, much of the art addresses exile, diaspora, migration and colonial violence.
A.J. Odudu and Will Best present Big Brother on ITV.
ITV
Once huge ratings draws, reality TV shows are facing dwindling audiences in the UK and elsewhere. Is this the end of the genre, or can it adapt to survive?
Beyoncé photographed by Mason Poole.
Parkwood Entertainment LLC
Beyoncé playfully mixes aural identifiers of both ‘blackness’ and ‘whiteness’ to create something new
Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent, 1889.
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McDermid artfully weaves Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth with Scotland’s Queen Gruoch, the real woman who inspired her.
Andy and the Odd Socks on stage.
Alice Sutton Photography
How do our differences unite us? Lessons from a kids’ rock band.