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18th and 19th centuries Indian painting: when Art meets History
Guest curated by renowned writer and historian William Dalrymple, Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company is the first UK exhibition of works by Indian master painters commissioned by East India Company officials in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an unprecedented opportunity to see these vivid and highly original paintings … Continuer la lecture
Steve McQueen unveils his epic portrait of London’s Year 3 pupils
Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils his epic portrait of London’s Year 3 pupils This epic display of portraits appears in a year when Britain’s education system has been challenged as never before. These photographs of all Year 3 pupils in London schools show the old ordinary life with entire classes posed … Continuer la lecture
Tackling racism on social media : who is responsible?
Tackling racism on social media is just the tip of the iceberg By Owen Jones Amid the anger over Wiley’s bigoted tirade, let’s not forget the newspapers that have been peddling prejudice for years ‘Grime artist Wiley – with his half a million followers – unleashed a tirade of undiluted antisemitism on to … Continuer la lecture
Robert Burns : the making of a national figure
University of Glasgow introduces you to the life, works and global celebrity of Robert Burns
Giving Life: from Myth to Reality
WHO GIVES LIFE TO WHOM ? Here are some examples that will give you some ideas … Michelangelo’s painting : the creation of Adam The Myth of Prometheus Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus Isaac Asimov’s short story : True Love Why do some people write stories and become writers ? Here … Continuer la lecture
Women, their roles and their fights
Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain from the BBC gender in 19th Century Britain the role of women gender and morality The Fight of the Suffragettes in America from HISTORY.com The Fight for the Vote in Britain Emma Watson Speech at the UN He for She Campaign Advertising : fighting stereotypes … Continuer la lecture
The Thought-Fox
Poem read by author THE THOUGHT-FOX I imagine this midnight moment’s forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock’s loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow, A fox’s … Continuer la lecture
Visitors from Planet Earth
