Reconstruction of the Linmere pits.
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The pits are important for rethinking how we have previously considered life and society during the Mesolithic period.
Westminster’s Cosmati pavement is the only medieval floor mosaic you can walk on in the UK.
Dean and Chapter of Westminster
Up close, Westminster Abbey’s fabled floor boasts intricate patterning and psychedelic alternations of colours.
The flag of the 26th of July Movement painted on the wall of a house in Havana, Cuba.
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The 26 of July Movement became a central part of the movement that emerged triumphant in early January 1959.
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Universal Pictures
As my seat shakes from the stereo effects, nobody in the nearly-full cinema flinches. The teenagers to my right are as used to explosions as J. Robert Oppenheimer himself.
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If the FA aims to promote both their men’s and women’s national teams equally, my findings suggest they should reassess their current social media strategy.
Ryan Gosling as Ken in the new Barbie movie.
Warner Bros. Pictures
As the supporting player to Barbie’s star, Ken unwittingly becomes the locus of little girls’ expectations of and frustrations with masculinity.
Margot Robbie as Barbie.
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Barbie has had over 200 official careers. Often decked out in her signature pink, the doll has showed generations that they do not have to sacrifice their love of femininity in order to succeed.
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Nolan’s production.
Universal Pictures
Christopher Nolan’s film is the latest of many portrayals of the famous theoretical physicist. Here are five of the most intriguing.
Sony Pictures
A sex comedy that’s more like a buddy film than a romance
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Cutting edge gadgets are unreliable in a world under the threat of artificial intelligence.
Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie.
Warner Bros. Pictures
While the film obviously appeals to women, it is men who really need to watch it.
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No one languished in bed quite like the Victorians
The England women’s team huddle before playing Wales in a World Cup qualifier.
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The review seeks to lay out ‘a plan to lift minimum standards in key areas’, acknowledging that there are imbalances across levels and clubs.
Carlos Alcaraz with his trophy.
EPA-EFE/Isabel Infantes
Alcaraz’s distinctive aggressive forehand style allowed him to release any aggression or anxiety in a productive way.
Visitors enjoying the Young V&A’s “town square”.
David Parry/Victoria and Albert Museum
Provisions like an extensive buggy park and friendly staff ensure that visitors with young children are welcomed and cared for.
Alfred Molina and John Lithgow in Love is Strange (2014).
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The hard-won legal rights for LGBT+ people have slowly shifted some public perceptions and begun to filter through into the media around us.
A World In Common at Tate Modern.
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A World in Common is a European exhibition with African content, rather than a space that invites conversations and engagement that go beyond the images themselves.
Lady Li, unknown artist, circa 1876.
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Curators have concentrated on the small and everyday to communicate a sense of life in 19th century China.
George Torode
New AI exhibit asks visitors whether they would trust an AI robot to look after their pets.
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Both unionists and nationalists cite this keystone document of Scottish history.
Pro-doping games could lead to athletes being coerced into drug-taking.
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Will allowing doping open new horizons of sports performance?
Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece was released in 1968.
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If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
Yevonde prints hanging to dry in the studio of artist Katayoun Dowlatshahi.
Katayoun Dowlatshahi
Yevonde’s photographs celebrated women’s creativity, ingenuity and individuality which, she argued, was often expressed through colour.
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Waters’ hard and unyielding approach to modern politics has resulted in longstanding elements of his stagecraft becoming contentious.
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Six of the best books from 2023 to read this summer.