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While these shows all try to claim part of the noughties nostalgia trend, they feel politically and contextually vacant.
The 19th-century starry ceiling of Carlisle Cathedral, last painted in 1970.
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Religious heritage in the UK faces a funding crisis. Both the buildings and those who worship in them need to be considered.
Adriana La Cerva, Connie Corleone and Carmela Soprano are the inspiration for the ‘mob wife’ aesthetic.
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Real ‘mob wives’ either avoid drawing attention to themselves or present a superficial illusion of what their lives are really like.
An artist’s impression of the new pterosaur species, Cheoptera
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The Isle of Skye has a rich palaeontological heritage, so perhaps it’s no surprise scientists made an important discovery there.
An installation in the Cute exhibition at Somerset House.
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The show is divided into sections which all valiantly attempt to define “cute”. But the word is resistant to definition.
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Thanks to algorithms, our music choices have gone from being informed by radio, music press, magazines and TV shows to a fine-grained level of personalisation.
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A beautiful fantasy drama about grief and love and reclaiming the past.
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Fiction offers precious and sobering insights into the impact of alcohol in the lives of women and children.
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The new drama provides a fascinating insight into the competitive world of mid-century haute couture via the man considered ‘the master’ of high fashion.
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Meaningful engagement with diverse writers is still a struggle for the publishing industry.
Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group stationed in Italy as part of the 15th Air Force, August 1944.
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The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.
Holy Week in Seville has attracted some controversy.
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Those in Spain who have objected to Jesus being portrayed as ‘effeminate’, ‘camp’ or ‘sexualised’ seem to imply that there is something wrong or deviant about such portrayals.
The Instapoet Rupi Kaur on her book tour.
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Literary critics and scholars need to take poetry that originated on social media more seriously.
Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto a in Leixlip, Kildare, Ireland.
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The traditional start of spring in Ireland on February 1 is now marked with celebrations of women, empowerment, food, sustainability and craft.
One of the gold items being loaned back to Ghana.
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The elephant in the room is the existing legal framework, forged in period of decolonisation and diminishing western influence, that forbids the repatriation of antiquities.
A mural of Jürgen Klopp in Liverpool.
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Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool with a remarkably similar legacy to the club’s iconic manager, Bill Shankly.
Austin Butler in Masters Of The Air.
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The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
Christian Friedel as Höss.
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The film depicts the everyday life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family – yet, industrialised, genocidal violence moves along, continuously, in the background.
The Cable Street Mural by Dave Binnington Savage, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort (1979 – 1983).
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This is the story of how music became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars and microphones.
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GQ magazine and its obviously gendered remit doesn’t seem like an obvious home for Pitchfork. Nearly 44% of its readers are women.
Danielle Brooks as Sofia and Fantasia Barrino as Celie.
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This adaption of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel is an emotional yet joyful exploration of black womanhood in the early 20th century South.
Ardross Castle, where The Traitors is shot.
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Wild and vast, the Highlands have been home to bloody tales of betrayal and lies
Izi (Kane Robinson) and Benji (Jediaiah Bannerman) in The Kitchen.
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The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
Dogs being taken care of in an image from Livre de la Chasse (Book of the Hunt).
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The place of dogs in society changed when hunting became an aristocratic pastime, rather than a necessity.
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From two shows that have reignited franchises to an exhibition about drug-taking monks.