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Peter Brathwaite's amazing recreations of historical artworks featuring black characters.
Rivers keep rolling along, but what secrets do they hold?
As part of Contains Strong Language, the UK's biggest festival of poetry and performance.
How the Tsar's finest porcelain became a canvas for revolutionary slogans.
Seven charming facts about flowers... and romance.
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.
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Peter Brathwaite's own family history influenced this recreation of The Paston Treasure.
The Essay – A fully-accessible animation of Sophie Stone's talk: Five Kinds of Beethoven.
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A poet takes to the River Avon