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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

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The Bayeux Tapestry reveals the bloody, bawdy truth about the Middle Ages

'Chest-thumping machismo': The Bayeux Tapestry reveals the bloody, bawdy truth about the Middle Ages In the 11th-Century masterpiece's...

24.08.2026 20

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

The image that fuelled the American Revolution

'A powerful piece of propaganda': The bloody 1770 image that fuelled the American Revolution How a gory depiction of the 1770 Boston...

01.07.2026 20

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

The truth about Tudor England's 'most hated woman'

The 16th-Century aristocrat Jane Boleyn faced explosive accusations: she was blamed for a shocking betrayal of her husband, as well as two of Henry...

12.11.2025 40

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The trail-blazing photos of a daredevil WW1 pilot

Having survived nine crash landings, aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images. To achieve them, he...

01.11.2025 20

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Why history's 'most controversial' queen was hated

Once the most despised woman in Europe, Marie Antoinette was vilified as an empty-headed libertine, a conspirator and a reckless spendthrift – and...

19.09.2025 80

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Laura Ashley and the birth of homestead chic

Decades before today's homestead look, Welsh fashion-and-homeware guru Laura Ashley was selling a rural, nostalgic idyll. Now, her romantic,...

05.09.2025 40

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

How the blonde has symbolised desire and danger

From the American sweetheart to the platinum ice queen, and Jean Harlow to Sydney Sweeney, the blonde bombshell has been a multi-faceted - and...

13.08.2025 100

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Intimate images of 'the real Hotel California'

The legendary Record Plant Studios was where the most iconic rock stars of the 1970s gathered, immersing themselves in the decadent atmosphere. Now a...

28.07.2025 20

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One of the world's earliest gay anthems

Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey's sensational Prove It on Me Blues is a landmark song that had a...

30.06.2025 30

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

A new exhibition unmasks the real Andy Warhol

With his famous wig and shades, Warhol cultivated a mysterious, enigmatic persona. Now a new exhibition with unprecedented access reveals the man...

14.06.2025 30

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

How high-rise forests can transform city life

It's been 10 years since the creation of the first vertical forest, Milan's Bosco Verticale. How has it inspired other buildings – and affected...

05.06.2025 40

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee