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Psychedelics use is on the rise and it’s partly due to a wellbeing rebrand.
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We might be separated but poems can help bridge the gap and express the sadness of being apart this Valentine’s Day.
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They can seem daunting to write but are wonderful to receive so here are a handful of tips to write your own love poem.
One of Klein’s unnamed blue paintings, showcasing his signature colour.
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Lockdown may be a socially alienating experience, but for this academic, art has been especially redeeming.
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If you still haven’t seen this movie about a jazz pianist whose soul goes on a great adventure, it’s about time you did.
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Funny poems get a bad rap but their humour can provoke interesting conversations and reach a wide demographic.
Anonymous accounts of racism in gallery spaces criticise the industry for failing to tackle systemic discrimination.
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Anonymous accounts show how urgently contemporary galleries need to confront legacies of discrimination
The American clipper ship Flying Cloud would have rung to the sound of sea shanties.
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There can be few more uplifting ways to stay connected during lockdown than singing together, which goes a long way to explaining the success of the Wellerman sea shanty on TikTok.
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Writers did it themselves back in the 19th-century so modern period dramas should be cut some slack for trying to prioritise modern aesthetic tastes over historical accuracy.
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On house arrest, Xavier de Maistre took a journey around his room where he discovered there was much to wonder at.
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A french classic has had a thoroughly modern update, meditating on themes of class, race and colonialism.
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The Digs’ archaeologists are closer to reality than the intrepid Indiana Jones, and that’s refreshing.
Disney+ show WandaVision is being released in instalments rather than in one go.
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Audiences have a growing appetite for slow weekly released TV.
Rishabh Pant of India in action during day three of the fourth test match between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane in January 2021.
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To overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, sportspeople need to enter a certain state of mind.
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What role does culture play when it comes to disasters?
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With No Time To Die pushed back for the third time, the timeliness that has contributed to the brand’s success could be its downfall.
Agnes MacGilvray as a young woman and in 2009 at the age of 101, enjoyed life to the full in New York in the 1930s.
The story of the Scottish diaspora has been well told in print. Now a new audio book brings emigrant stories to life in their own words.
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How will we record the pandemic and its effectson our lives? How will we look back at the significance of the present in the future?
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The 1921 play R.U.R. introduced the world to the word ‘robots’. Its plot is remarkably similar to robot stories told today.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.
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Christie used her Belgian sleuth to unpick ideas of England and Englishness.
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People have questioned whether there’s darkness embedded in the song that many of us have missed
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A lockdown sound map project asked people to actively listen to the sounds being revealed in the absence of normal everyday noise.
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Who is writing history affects how it is written.
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Female sexuality and sex on screen have come a long way since the four friends were looking for love in the Big Apple.
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Dead cities are enduring images in post-apocalyptic literature and cinema.