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When artist Maurizio Cattelan’s work Comedian sold for $120,000, the art world went bananas. Little did we know it wasn’t the end of the story.
Physician letting blood from a patient. Attributed to Aldobrandino of Siena: Li Livres dou Santé. France, late 13th Century.
British Library, London, UK
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science.
The Gypsy by Thomas George Webster.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Attacking Gypsies and Travellers is an easy win for politicians, thanks to centuries of prejudice cultured by the state and the media.
If only it was this easy.
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Even established political parties are using a host of tricks to manipulate the news.
Jane Austen based on a portrait by her sister Cassandra.
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When her contemporaries were engaging with European themes in their novels, Austen remained rooted in her home country.
Julie Adams (British Museum), Jody Toroa and Kay Robin (left to right) discussing a cloak from the British Museum, collected by Lieutenant James Cook in 1769.
Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll
Repatriations cannot be made solely on the terms and timeframes that suit European political whims.
Cynicism (with a tinge of humour) on the rise in the 2019 UK general election.
Burger King
The cynicism of political lies and the fear of losing control by opening up the corridors of power can’t last.
Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies.
The Chinese Room
Video games present players with rich and immersive digital worlds.
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‘Greengrocer’s’ may be in mourning, but the rest of us can sigh with relief.
Piñera huele a dictadura.
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Chilean art activists are using social media to expose abuses and, in doing so, they’re engaging in the legacy of Latin American mail art
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Societies have much to learn from the pursuit of happiness on an individual level.
Abstentionist Irish rebel MP Countess Markievicz, centre, on the night she was released from prison in 1919.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Irish Republican, socialist, suffragette and revolutionary, Countess Constance Markievicz was a fearsome politician who was the true first female member of the British parliament.
Jonathan Miller, still from The Body in Question (1978).
BBC Pictures
Miler halted the terms ‘Renaissance Man’ and ‘polymath’ but was one of the most wide-ranging intellects of his era.
The Conservative Party’s official Twitter feed was changed to resemble an independent fact checking site during the leaders’ debate.
Twitter
The voting public is being forced to wade through a fog of disinformation thanks to some cynical ploys.
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If policymakers care about a vibrant news media, they need to ensure the freedom, funding, and future of independent professional journalism.
Both parties have placed museums at the heart of their cultural policies, renewing commitment to free entry.
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While both parties are championing the arts and culture sector, after years of swingeing cuts these promises dazzle but offer little hope to struggling institutions
Welsh weavers, here in traditional costume that would not have been known to some of the poorest weavers to benefit from slave-driven demand for cloth.
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How even sleepy, rural Mid Wales was once an industrial heartland feeding the slave trade.
Grace Millane, 21, was killed in 2018 while backpacking in New Zealand.
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The media presents female victims as culpable for their own brutalisation. For Grace Millane, this meant her sexual preferences were more important than the horror of her death
Whistle-blower: Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun.
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Two new films feature the bravery and tenacity of government employees who risk everything to expose official wrongdoing.
British working class and ethnic accents still face the same negative bias they did 50 years ago.
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Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
Trump: there was no quid pro quo.
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The history of the Latin phrase at the centre of the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump.
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In 2017 Labour did better than expected because it moved debate away from Brexit. It will need to do the same in 2019.
The Queen is patron to over 600 charities, as Prince Andrew steps away from his 200, the benefit of royal patronage is being called into question.
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Having a royal lend their name in patronage to a charity may have some benefits but it can also have its drawbacks.
Eleanor Antin Judgement of Paris (after Rubens), 2007, from ‘Helen’s Odyssey’
© Eleanor Antin. Courtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York.
The British Musuem
From art that centres the African-American experience to feminist retellings, the British Museum’s new exhibition explores culture’s enduring fascination with the legend of Troy
George Eliot (1819-1880), aged 30.
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Born the same year as Queen Victoria, Eliot faced similar life choices to many young women today