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Bruce Lee and Enter The Dragon
Jeet Kune Do, the martial arts philosophy founded by Bruce Lee has influenced the creation of modern mixed martial arts. He started as a child actor …
3 years, 9 months ago
After Dark Festival: Dark Places
Crime writer Ann Cleeves, theologian Mona Siddiqui, deep sea fish expert and podcast host Thomas Linley and poet Jake Morris-Campbell join Matthew Sw…
3 years, 9 months ago
After Dark Festival: Equinox
Matthew Sweet and his guests begin coverage of the After Dark Festival - an overnight extravaganza recorded at Sage Gateshead for the equinox weekend…
3 years, 9 months ago
John Maynard Keynes
JM Keynes and his theory, Keynesianism, is central to the financial history of twentieth century. However, he is also central to its cultural history…
3 years, 9 months ago
Vikings
June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, used to be the date given for the beginning of the Viking ag…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Stasi poetry circle, Nazi schools and German culture
In 1982, the East German security force was deeply concerned with subversive literature and decided to train soldiers and border guards to write lyri…
3 years, 10 months ago
Fashion Stories: Boy with a Pearl Earring
"Delight in disorder" was celebrated in a poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) and the long hair, flamboyant dress and embrace of earrings that made up…
3 years, 10 months ago
Fashion Stories: Uniforms - an alternative history
From school to work to the military – uniforms can signal authority and belonging. But what happens when uniforms are worn by those whom institutions…
3 years, 10 months ago
Fashion Stories:Drama, Dressing Up and Droopy & Browns
Fashion from the 1990s to the 1790s and back again: Jade Halbert traces the history of Droopy & Browns, a fashion business renowned for the flamboyan…
3 years, 10 months ago
Fashion Stories: In a handbag
Oscar Wilde's famous line from The Importance of Being Earnest focuses on what we might not expect to find - Shahidha Bari's essay considers the rang…
3 years, 10 months ago