Arts & Culture
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A major new exhibition in Nairobi reveals the history of east African art traditions
Modernism in the fine arts refers to a period of experimentation from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, a break…
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Theology after Mabo
The Mabo decision was a legal and cultural milestone in Australia, but thirty years on, how has it changed theology?…
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Why interfaith marriage in India is getting dangerous
Some couples have faced violence and death threats. Murali Krishnan DW Interfaith marriages in India have been a sensitive issue for…
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‘Shot two zebras. Played tennis’: Scarborough museum confronts legacy of colonial past
It was when part of a Scarborough museum was being redeveloped more than a decade ago that builders found a blocked-up door.…
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Dora Maar: a great photographer hidden behind the master of painting
Maar was born Henriette Théodora Markovitch in Paris in 1907 and died on 16 July 1997. Amparo Serrano de Haro…
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What does a conductor actually do?
At the age of three, I remember jumping on my parent’s sofa, waving my arms in the air conducting a…
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The big idea: could you have made different choices in life?
Now is the time when we look back over the past year and wonder: how did I do? Philip Ball…
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How to set up a kids’ art studio at home (and learn to love the mess)
This is not just about training the next Archibald Prize winner. Naomi Zouwer The Conversation Young people develop important emotional and…
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The thousand faces of Heinrich Schliemann, the man who ‘discovered’ Troy
With a vast exhibition, Berlin celebrates its most famous archaeologist, an uneducated millionaire who used his fortune to search for…
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The 2,700-year-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the most dazzling city in the world
Featuring war scenes and trees, these rock carvings add to the bounty of detailed stone panels excavated from the 1840s…
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A story of legends, families and capitalism: a candid history of the Christmas tree
It is a largely secular symbol, having no basis in the Bible. James A. T. Lancaster The Conversation There are…
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‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you
Miraculously, 77 people survived the initial impact but then endured a traumatic wait for rescue in the alligator infested swamp,…
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Harvard University appoints Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president
Gay is the first person of color and the second woman to hold the role of Harvard University’s president. Amanda…
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James Lovelock remembered by John Gray
The author and philosopher looks back on his friendship with the creator of the Gaia theory, who was ‘the closest…
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Margo Jefferson and the Art of Life
In her work, especially her new book Constructing a Nervous System, she transforms criticism into an experience one feels in…
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‘How are they losing their children like this?’
“How are they losing their children like this, all over the country? Lucy Christopher The Conversation They aren’t used to…
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