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Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition

18/01/2019

A major global museum exhibition tour debuts in London on 8 February, featuring many previously unseen artefacts in the centenary of Mandela’s birth....

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Skunk Anansie Release “Hedonism” Live Video and 2019 Festival Dates

16/01/2019

In celebration of their 25th anniversary live album 25LIVE@25, which is released next week, the band have now shared a live video for the track....

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First Waves Marks 50 Years Since Race Relations Act

14/01/2019

Westminster exhibition captures the stories of generations directly impacted by the Acts, who may have had little opportunity to have their voices heard in Westminster. ...

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Survivor! Share Your 98 Second Story

11/01/2019

Elizabeth Tobias, an expressive arts therapist, has collected stories from sexual assault survivors to create a groundbreaking performance piece to promote advocacy....

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Run: Future AI’s Bugging Out

09/01/2019

Scientists are developing bio-inspired artificial compound eyes to give sight to autonomous vehicles and robots, among other applications. ...

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Trebuchet 2018 recap

05/01/2019

Video, podcasts, print, parties talks and art shows - 2018 will be a tough one to top for Trebuchet ...

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New Millenium ChristBait

03/01/2019

You better recognise your last face. Adam Curtis...

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Don’t Be A Bitch At Christmas – Clownvis Takes Care Of Business

22/12/2018

  dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcaphat Christmas means to you ladies and gentlemen, I really don’t know. For me, it’s a time of deep reflection, a time to...

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Dutch Government Under Fire Over Nazi Loot

21/12/2018

The “smallest and most chilling distinctions are being made in order to allow museums to keep their collections intact”, say experts....

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FR Awards Return to Truman Brewery

14/12/2018

Three winners were hand-picked from the annual Free Range graduate shows to create new work that will go on display in their own solo exhibitions....

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Alan Moore Makes a Show of Himself

12/12/2018

The first look image from The Show, based on an original story by Alan Moore, has been released. Directed by Mitch Jenkins, the film marks Moore’s screenplay debut....

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Researchers Create Early Universe Matter

11/12/2018

Results could help theorists better understand how the universe's original quark gluon plasma cooled over milliseconds, giving birth to the first atoms in existence....

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Artists Challenge Violent Stereotypes of Syria

07/12/2018

Syrian artists, including the only artist known to have worked secretly in an Islamic State controlled area, are the focus of a new London gallery....

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It Sent Shivers Down My Neurons

05/12/2018

How is it that a sound can send a chill down your spine? By observing individual brain cells of mice, scientists are understanding how sound incites fear....

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Escape to Berlin: A Travel Memoir

05/12/2018

Adrian Piper, on Personal Identity, Art and Teaching...

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Making Space For Art?

04/12/2018

Two art projects were launched into space yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If all goes well, they will settle into orbits around the Earth....

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Revving Up For Christmas – Horton Gets Kinky

04/12/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; colour:#992211;”W/dropcape last saw Jim Heath playing London’s O2 Islington in the sad wake of Cramps drummer, Nick Knox’s passing....

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Real-World Results From Artificial Bee Colonies

30/11/2018

Researchers propose a bee colony algorithm in which the search is guided by a scale-free network to improve the optimisation process in real-world problems....

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Do You Have A Healthy Personality?

27/11/2018

Researchers found that the healthy personality can be described in terms of the 30 facets of the 'big five' model of personality traits....

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Gigantic Mammal ‘Cousin’ Discovered

23/11/2018

The discovery of Lisowicia changes our ideas about the latest history of dicynodonts, and also raises more questions about what made them and dinosaurs so large....

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Scientists Discover New ‘Pinwheel’ Star System

21/11/2018

An international team of scientists has discovered a new, massive star system, that also challenges existing theories on how large stars eventually die....

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‘Weapons’ Removed From Van Gogh Sculpture

20/11/2018

Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime....

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Evidence of Class Bias in Arts Funding

16/11/2018

The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between funding priorities and the public’s taste....

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Pain Can Be A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

14/11/2018

New brain imaging research shows that when we expect something to hurt, it does, even if the stimulus isn't so painful....

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Restoration of Rare Medieval Altarpiece Reveals Vandalism

13/11/2018

The Battel Hall retable, which survived the fury of 16th-century iconoclasts, bears later scars of graffiti and 'witch marks' against evil spirits. ...

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Skill and Competence as a Requirement

11/11/2018

Skill is deployed in many fields of human endeavour Football takes skill. I played football at the same time as did Rodney Marsh, Denis Law and Colin Bell. They were footballers; but I was not. Why...

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#MeToo Makes Number Three in ArtReview Power 100

09/11/2018

The #MeToo movement has sparked a rush of exhibitions in galleries and museums, many focusing solely on female artists in the past year. ...

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US Art Dealers Mobilising in Support of Democrats

06/11/2018

An initiative by Swing Left is part of an effort to mobilise the left-leaning energies of the art world to get out the vote for Democrats. ...

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Superheroes More Violent Than Villains

02/11/2018

Despite positive themes, new research suggests superhero characters often idolised by young viewers may send a strongly negative message when it comes to violence....

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Decimation of School Arts Impacting on Science and Medicine

30/10/2018

Education charity the Edge Foundation calls for dramatic changes to the current national curriculum, arguing that creativity should be at the heart of all learning....

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