Abacus
Published in 1991, the tale of over-educated, under-employed young people who lament the broken world they’ve inherited speaks to the concerns of today’s youth.
The Viking hoard being excavated.
Acta Konserveringscentrum
A Viking hoard of silver coins and jewellery expands our understanding of French history.
Ganesh.
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Hindu gods are not attractive images to be worn thoughtlessly.
First or the second?
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Why Oprah’s interview with Meghan and Harry had many confused about when they were actually married.
Pelagos is one of the first trans characters in World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft
It’s not proper representation if you have to go hunting for it or if players can choose to leave it out of their gameplay.
Painting Queen Charlotte, the artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland employed quite a bit of creative licence, if her courtiers and critics are to be believed.
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Not everything that was painted can be taken as fact.
Emilio Naranjo/EPA
The proposal that monuments must be preserved at any cost hinders rather than helps institutions handle the decolonisation of their collections.
Scene from It’s A Sin during a recreation of AIDS protests in the 1980s.
Channel 4/Red Production Company
New research highlights how the press excluded, shamed and invaded the privacy of those living with HIV.
Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese
Royal confessions disrupt the careful balance between transparency and secrecy on which the monarchy is based.
Football coach Sarina Wiegman training the Netherlands team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
Pro Shots/Alamy Live News
Female coaches experience very different environments to male coaches and have been shaped in very different ways.
The Sussexes’ interview with Oprah aired on CBS on Sunday.
CBS/YouTube
Could the press’s increasingly hostile campaign against the Sussexes lead to the fall of our toxic tabloid culture?
The Banksy print that was burnt.
Flickr/eddiedangerous
A blockchain company has bought a piece of Banksy artwork worth US$95,000 and burnt it.
BBC Three is returning to UK screens.
BBC Pictures
Despite belief that its demographic watch mostly on-demand through devices, there is logic to bringing BBC 3 back to TV.
Engaging young people is a challenge for museums.
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The closure of physical buildings doesn’t have to mean that new readers should miss out on literary history
Nito Souji
Seeking isolation can lead to creativity and a deeper understanding of oneself, as these artworks show.
Star and creator of hit show I May Destroy You, Michaela Cole.
BBC/Various Artists Ltd and FALKNA/Natalie Seery
Despite repeated pledges to improve diversity, data and industry testimony shows that there are fewer people from minority backgrounds getting jobs in the film and TV industries.
AA Film Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
What the closure of Blue Sky studios means for the future of cartoons
Hollie Adams/EPA
The fast-paced move to digital spaces after the pandemic has expanded possibilities for finding community and support in adverse circumstances.
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Daft Punk’s anonymity was really a stroke of genius.
John Keats by Joseph Severn (1819).
National Portrait Gallery
The doctor-turned-poet died 200 years ago.
Sir George Watson Gordon
Despite little formal education, Hogg wrote one of the finest novels in Scottish literature, a disturbing tale of the divided self that still resonates.
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon by Edward Burne Jones.
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It’s a malleable mythos that has been adapted by kings and queens as well as artists and filmmakers.
Jubilation: England cricket captain Joe Root celebrates a match-winning double century against India, February 2021.
Adam Davy/PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo
The popularity of cricket is not as dependent on TV broadcasts as you might think.
Copyright Colours of the Alphabet
The documentary resulted in the creation of an active translation network.
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Taking part in creative activities with little ones can help bolster their communication, build their sense of self and even improve their health and wellbeing.