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Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe
650 years since the visions of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe's birth in King's Lynn, two novels have been published which explore these influen…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kingship and ceremony
Luxury and Power is the title of a new British Museum exhibition focusing on the politics of display used by rulers in Persia and Greece. Ahead of th…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sidney Poitier
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) tackled inter-racial relationships. In the Heat of the Night won the Best Picture Oscar in 1967. For Love of Ivy …
2 years, 11 months ago
Sound, conflict and central heating
Recordings in sub-zero temperatures and the hottest day on record have fed into the sound of Erland Cooper's latest composition. Ahead of a performan…
2 years, 11 months ago
Lady Antonia Fraser
From Mary Queen of Scots - about whom her mother was going to write until she intervened - to her most recent biography of Caroline Lamb, out in mid …
2 years, 11 months ago
Queen Charlotte, fashion and music
Music making, fashion and behaviour at court in the Georgian period are the focus of new research by Sophie Coulombeau, Mary-Jannet Leith and Lizzy B…
3 years ago
New Thinking: Fashion, sustainability and Earth Day
From unboxing and influencers to circular fashion and a new artwork unveiled for Earth Day: New Generation Thinker Xine Yao from University College L…
3 years ago
Hilma af Klint
As a new Tate exhibition of paintings puts the work of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint alongside modernist giant, Piet Mondrian. Both were painters fa…
3 years ago
Tartan, Kidnapped and Highland writing
Stevenson's swashbuckling Jacobite set novel has been translated into a play which is touring Scotland. Tartan and its history are on show at V&A Dun…
3 years ago
Galatea and Shakespeare
John Lyly's play Galatea, first recorded in 1588, inspired Shakespeare to write As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Brighton, Emma Frank…
3 years ago