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Trapeze acts and circus celebrities
From a Norwich workhouse to performing as "The American Voltigeur" - Pablo Fanque, or William Darby as he was born, was a star of 1830s circus in Bri…
3 years, 4 months ago
New Thinking: Language, the Victorians and Us
Why Hardy's spelling matters, how Lancashire reflected on the American Civil War through dialect poems printed in local newspapers, how education ins…
3 years, 4 months ago
How do we look at Art?
What does sound add to looking at a painting? Four ambitious multi-media installations make up the shortlist for this year's Turner prize, addressing…
3 years, 4 months ago
Soil, Chickens and City Farms
Soil degradation threatens our ecosystem and is among the most significant problems at a global level for agricultural production, food security and …
3 years, 4 months ago
Star Trek
The first interracial kiss on American TV, a decidedly internationalist cast of characters: Star Trek has always been a deeply political programme bu…
3 years, 5 months ago
Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment
A smouldering gorilla suited man racing through London on a motorbike is one of many striking images from Karel Reisz's 1966 film that starred David …
3 years, 5 months ago
Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales
Shahidha Bari looks at the voices of women emerging from new writing in novels, plays and histories. Zenobia, Mavia, and Khadijah are Arabian queens …
3 years, 5 months ago
New Thinking: Game of Thrones and history
House of the Dragon was inspired by a medieval period known as The Anarchy. What do the real historical conflicts tell us about power, succession, cl…
3 years, 5 months ago
New Thinking: Game of Thrones and history
House of the Dragon draws on ‘The Anarchy’ - a 12th century war of succession. What does this conflict tell us about power, succession, class, and th…
3 years, 5 months ago
St Teresa/Vivekananda/Nietzsche
St Teresa formulated a specifically Catholic version of contemplative religion in response to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation; Vivekananda wa…
3 years, 5 months ago