Can street art out of context still tell the same story?
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As the Port Talbot Banksy is moved to a new street art museum, the very reason it was created is being ignored.
Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, megalomaniac? Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.
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Some lessons from leadership theory for anyone aspiring to sit on the Iron Throne.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (R) of Arsenal vies for the ball against Tottenham Hotspur’s Jan Vertonghen in March 2019.
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Arsenal’s Armenian star will not travel to Baku in Azerbaijan for the clash with Chelsea – and nor will many of the clubs’ fans.
He’s a top chef, a natural on TV, but perhaps Jamie Oliver underestimated the difficulties of running a restaurant chain in a recession.
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Residents were blogging about the tower block’s safety issues well before the fire, but there were few reporters around to pick up on the story.
Don Cheadle, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Endgame.
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Good versus evil, tolerance and discrimination: there’s a lot we can learn from the Marvel universe.
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Climate change is mentioned in British television about as often as zombies.
Host Jeremy Kyle broadcasting before the show was axed.
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The popular daytime television show has been axed. Here’s how programme makers can ensure proper aftercare fro reality show participants.
Romance is officially dead.
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The world’s highest selling writer says 22-hour working days are the route to literary riches. But, say, our literary experts, there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Michael Oliver and his wife were sent vile threats after sending a player of during the recent Arsenal defeat to Leicester.
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It’s no wonder so many referees are quitting their jobs.
Suranne Jones as Gentleman Jack.
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Often referred to as the first modern lesbian, Anne Lister had a lot of political ambition.
Waldseemüller map of the world, 1507.
A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Fans queue to see Avengers: Endgame in Bangkok.
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Cinema is the most popular firm of cultural participation, but rising ticket prices threaten that.
Warrior women: Brienne of Tarth, left, and Arya Stark sparring.
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The young assassin and wannabe knight stand in the background but if their medieval influences are anything to go by, they could end up leading the final battle.
Leonardo da Vinci’s experiments with friction underpinned the modern science of Tribology.
Once called ‘the most important subject no one has heard of’, tribology is now a key part of the fourth industrial revolution.
Brandon Stark’s story extends far beyond the world of Westeros.
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The original origins of some key characters names might give hints to their fates in Game of Thrones.
Model of Leonardo da Vinci’s helicopter from the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci - Scientist and Inventor”, Sofia, 2007.
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Leonardo’s range of knowledge fascination with flying led directly to the development of modern aircraft, nearly four centuries later.
Graffiti commemorating Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco who was shot dead in an apparent assassination.
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Violence against LGBTQ people in Brazil is at an all-time high, but artists refuse to be intimidated.
Hell hath no fury…. Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in Game of Thrones.
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We’ve watched the youngest Stark daughter grow from a tomboy to a trained killer. Now she’s come into her own.
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By acquiring knowledge of other places and people, travel can make us more peaceful in our interactions with others.
Leonardo da Vinci had a seemingly inexhaustible imagination for innovation.
Engineer, artist, mathematician, thinker: Leonardo da Vinci was all these and more.
Marcantonio Raimondi’s 1505 engraving may show Leonardo da Vinci playing an instrument called a lira da braccio.
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A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
Nobody likes a plot-spoiler.
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Even before blockbuster films and television, readers and writers hated reviewers plot-spoiling.
The beluga whale was reportedly very friendly.
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Russia isn’t the only nation suspected of training marine mammals for military use – the US, UK, and Ukraine have all done so in the past.
High Life: where slow cinema is concerned, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Slow movies have until now been largely confined to arthouse cinema, for film aficionados only. Not any more.