Rapper’s Delight was one of the first hip-hop tracks ever released.
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It’s 50 years since the legendary party that birthed hip hop.
The seven members of BTS.
Big Hit Music
In telling the story of BTS, Beyond The Story also tells the story of K-pop and how its dynamics have changed over the years.
Jann Mardenborough as played by Archie Madekwe.
Sony Pictures
Audiences are essentially paying Sony for the privilege of watching an extended advert.
England goalkeeper Mary Earps during England’s match against Nigeria at the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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The merchandise and clothing available to fans of women’s teams is often limited, undesirable or just not available.
Nick Mailer
Britain’s most famous iconoclast presents a show of humour, beauty, and irreverence that reflects the complexities and contradictions in being human.
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One of the most technologically advanced stadium tours, Eras ticket prices are high, but for fans the payback is a close and cherished experience with Swift.
Girls need to see women in the role of coaches and managers at all levels of football.
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Just 12 of the 32 teams at the Women’s World Cup have female coaches. The game needs to break down some deeply entrenched attitudes to bring more women in as managers at all levels.
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The yearning, tender sense of history animates all of O’Connor’s work – but especially these haunting songs
Noblewomen eating ice cream in a French caricature, (1801).
Gallica
Chicken pâté was mixed with gravy, gelatine and whipped cream, before being frozen in decorative cups.
England’s Demi Stokes (in white) is absent from the 2023 Women’s World Cup due to run of injuries over the last season.
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As participation levels rise, TV viewing figures increase and sponsorship income improves year on year, what’s left to achieve for women in football?
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There will be almost 3,000 shows playing at this year’s Fringe, which can feel a little daunting, especially for the first timer. Here’s how to get it right.
I Wei Huang
Our experts have you covered with recommendations of what to see this summer.
Zizi Strallen as Q, Angela Marie Hurst as Dee, and Carly Bawden as Anna in the new musical production of Rock Follies.
Johan Persson
Foot stomping songs and charismatic performances make the stage adaptation of the 1970s TV series a hit.
Dancers perform during a celebration in Sydney ahead of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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Fifa is facing a bumpy road to balancing money and moral aspects of growing the Women’s World Cup.
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From new writing on art to books on how the world got to where is politically and environmentally.
Illustration of the graves by Mirosław Kuźma.
Leszek Gardeła
The findings suggest that the depth of the relationships Viking-age people had with animals have been dramatically underrepresented.
Warner Bros. Pictures
A paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies.
Carbon City Zero
Climate change board games can help players grasp the issues by experiencing them first-hand.
The new Jewel House exhibition the Tower of London.
Historic Royal Palaces
This display marks the first time the Tower of London has explained the origins of the Koh-i-noor diamond, which is now presented as a ‘symbol of conquest’.
Tom Barnes/Channel 4
Channel 4’s stealthy documentary on engineering human meat from the poor parallels Swift’s suggestion that people should eat the children of Ireland’s most destitute.
Robert Oppenheimer (third from left front), Leslie Groves (middle), and other scientists and officers after the Trinity nuclear test in 1945.
US Army Signal Corps
Atomic Power was pioneering in communicating the history behind Robert Oppenheimer’s work.
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Spirited, defiant and always at the mercy of her mental health issues, the Irish singer will be forever remembered for her pure, clear voice and willingness to speak out on injustice.
XRF study of the painting of Ramesses II.
Martinez et al., 2023, PLOS ONE.
A technique called portable X-ray fluorescence has helped Egyptologists identify changes and adjustments to details of tomb decoration that are invisible to the human eye.
Women are facing several hurdles from equipment designed for men to being paid less fairly.
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The higher profile of the 2023 Women’s World Cup and the excitement around it should not fool people into thinking the female game ‘has made it’.
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A powerful play that puts the voices of the people first.