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An exhibition at the British Museum explores Arctic culture and climate change

British Museum exhibition shows how Arctic culture is under threat

28 October 2020

Arctic: Culture and Climate, an exhibition at London’s British Museum, celebrates the resilience and adaptability that has seen the Arctic's Indigenous People survive and thrive in a challenging environment for 30,000 years


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Non-stop nightmare: Disturbing show weighs the impact of a 24/7 world

13 November 2019

24/7 at Somerset House in London challenges the profound effects of an always-on culture, while a book about the importance of rest shows how relaxing stacks up with well-being


UK's biggest moon exhibition captures centuries of lunar love

UK's biggest moon exhibition captures centuries of lunar love

7 August 2019

From Japanese painting of the harvest moon to Buzz Aldrin's "Snoopy cap", the UK's biggest moon exhibition at London's National Maritime Museum is bound to please


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Orchids at Kew Gardens review – celebrating the colour of Colombia

6 February 2019

As home to an amazing 4200 orchid species, Colombia is the perfect choice to fuel an orchid festival at Kew Gardens in London – and turn it into a carnival


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The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

7 November 2018

An unusual venue stages an intriguing play about Darwin's Beagle days as London's Natural History Museum turns theatrical–with superb puppets as exotic wildlife


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Time to get under-involved with the kids

11 October 2017

When it comes to nurturing children’s creative skills, we have got it all wrong, argue two new books – especially when it comes to over-parenting


The great polar mystery: closing in on the truth

The great polar mystery: closing in on the truth

21 July 2017

What happened when all 129 men in John Franklin’s Arctic expedition vanished in the late 1840s? We’re finally putting the pieces together


blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling

The day Hope the whale stole the show

14 July 2017

Whales are taking over London’s Natural History Museum, but all eyes are on the new centrepiece, says Shaoni Bhattacharya


Brendan Cowell as Galileo, Alex Murdoch as Little Monk

Brecht’s Life of Galileo pumped up for the 21st century

25 May 2017

A production by London’s Young Vic of Bertolt Brecht’s play about Galileo turns a sombre affair into a raucous rave – for better and for worse


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