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The hidden meanings in a 16th-Century female nude

The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024/ Royal Collection Trust Raphael’s The Three Graces (c1517-18) (Credit: The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited

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Ten key items in our wardrobe is enough – here’s why

Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The dopamine-spiking effects of ultra-fast fashion are far outweighed by the wellbeing rewards of a

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How everyday clothing is becoming more luxurious

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The migrants who passed through Ellis Island

Getty Images Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of people who were processed on Ellis Island before its immigration

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The 10 films getting the biggest early Oscar buzz

Searchlight Pictures/ Amazon Content Services/ Paramount Pictures/ Mubi/ BBC (Credit: Searchlight Pictures/ Amazon Content Services/ Paramount Pictures/ Mubi/ BBC) These

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Eight photos of the quirkiest groups in 70s and 80s US

Neal Slavin (Credit: Neal Slavin) Celebrating “the joy of being together “, here are eight group portraits – taken by

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How female action stars have wowed through the ages

Eureka Entertainment There’s long been a misconception that action films are a masculine domain. But female strength and agility have

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Blitz and the truth about London’s greatest wartime horror

Apple TV+ Oscar-winner Steve McQueen’s latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41

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The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft

Netflix When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert

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The Booker Prize-winning writer whose novels unbutton the sex lives of Britain’s gay social elite

BBC (Credit: BBC) Ever since his 1988 debut The Swimming-Pool Library caused a stir, Hollinghurst has captured the hedonism of