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Michelin House and Bibendum: A London Landmark's Many Lives
On the curve where the Fulham Road leaves South Kensington for Chelsea sits a building that was made to be looked at. Michelin House has been catching the eye of passing traffic since January 1911, wh
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On the curve where the Fulham Road leaves South Kensington for Chelsea sits a building that was made to be looked at. Michelin House has been catching the eye of passing traffic since January 1911, wh
The People's Promenade: Unpacking the Enduring Appeal of the BBC Proms
The BBC Proms, held annually from July to September, stands as the world's largest classical music festival, offering a vast programme of concerts primarily at London's Royal Albert Hall. Founded in 1
The Anatomy Lesson, from Rembrandt to Body Worlds
On the death of Gunther von Hagens, and the four-century-old genre he brought back. Cover: Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (1632), Mauritshuis. Public domain.
Olga Khokhlova and Picasso: The Dancer Who Made Him Classical
For a few years after the First World War, the most radical painter alive made pictures a Salon jury might have hung without blinking. Pablo Picasso, co-author of Cubism, spent the early 1920s drawing