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The Hidden Labour of American Motherhood Captured Through Lactation Rooms

The United States remains distinct amongst prosperous countries in failing to provide federally mandated paid family leave, compelling millions of employed mothers to go back...

May 26, 2026 · admin

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Belfast Photography Festival 2026 Explores Futures Through Diverse Visual Narratives

Belfast's photography festival is coming back this season as the largest annual gathering of its kind throughout the UK and Ireland. Taking place between 4–30...

May 26, 2026 · admin

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Lee Friedlander’s Seven Decades Capturing America’s Wry Absurdities

Lee Friedlander has devoted seven decades capturing the peculiar poetry of American life, transforming ordinary streetscapes, shop windows and chance encounters into witty reflections on...

May 24, 2026 · admin

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Interactive storytelling spaces transforming how children discover literature

Museums specialising in children's literature are revolutionising how young readers discover stories, changing passive observation into active, immersive experiences. The Story Museum in Oxford demonstrates...

May 23, 2026 · admin

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How Australia’s Housing Crisis Is Reshaping Our Homes and Lives

Architect and television presenter Anthony Burke is standing amid glistening displays of sand whiting and ruby snapper at Sydney's recently refurbished Fish Market, marvelling at...

May 22, 2026 · admin

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Forged Paperwork Exposes Gloucestershire Man’s Ancient Statue Fraud Scheme

A Gloucestershire man's ambitious scheme to distribute fake historical sculptures to Sotheby's unravelled when specialist investigators found his forged paperwork had been produced using printing...

May 22, 2026 · admin

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Sydney’s Vivid Festival 2026 Dazzles with Immersive Light Art

Sydney's Vivid Festival has returned for 2026 with a impressive collection of innovative lighting installations that have transformed the city's celebrated locations into a platform...

May 20, 2026 · admin

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Britain’s Skateboarding Revolution: From Car Parks to Global Influence

Britain's skateboarding scene has carved out a distinctive heritage that few would have predicted during its formative years. A new book, Elsewhere: The Story of...

May 19, 2026 · admin

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Documenting Global Dissent: A Photographer’s Twelve-Year Journey Through Protest

A twelve-year long visual journey spanning continents has culminated in a powerful photographic record of worldwide resistance and authoritarian resistance. Photographer Matthew Connors has distilled...

May 18, 2026 · admin

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Whistler’s Radical Vision Challenges Victorian Taste at Tate Britain

James McNeill Whistler, the American painter who shocked Victorian Britain with his radical artistic vision, is the focus of a significant exhibition at Tate Britain...

May 17, 2026 · admin