The Best of Punch Cartoons
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Punch magazine gave us the cartoon as we know it today. For over 160 years from its birth in 1841...
It Ain’t Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues
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Long John Baldry is considered the father of the ‘60s British blues movement. Drawing on intimate...
Eduardo Paolozzi
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Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was one of the most innovative and irreverent British artists of the...
Japanese Prints: Ukiyo-E in Edo, 1700-1900
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Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised...
Kes (1969)
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Ken Loach's acclaimed British drama focuses on Billy Casper (David Bradley), a tormented...
Cats: The British Museum
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Cats were first domesticated or, more likely, noticed a warm fireside and chose to domesticate...
Operation Ajax: The Story of the CIA Coup That Remade the Middle East
Daniel Burwen, Mike Seve and Stephen Kinzer
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The year is 1953. As the value of oil skyrockets, global power brokers are taking an increased...
Karl Hagedorn (1889-1969)
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Originating from Berlin Hagedorn moved to Manchester in 1905 to train in textile production. Having...
The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits
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A portrait opens a window into a person's life: who they were and wanted to be, who the artist saw -...