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History

How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world

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conservation

Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching

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Culture

National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights

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Letters

Here’s what we should do with Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

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LGBTQ+ History Month

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history

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Opinion

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles

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Opinion

Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance

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best of the year

Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It’s the cultural moments of the year

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Competition

Prizes announced for Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition

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Opinion

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

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Art special

Just Be Nice! Real Hackney Dave rallies UK artists for essential message

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Art

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

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Culture

The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity

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Homelessness

Homeless people get creative with self-portraits for new photo exhibition

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UK HEATWAVE

This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers

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Music

This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council

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Climate activism

These artists are turning their street into a solar power station

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Politics

Exclusive: Government has spent £1.5m on art for official buildings since start of pandemic

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This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries

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Art

How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world

Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching

National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights

Here’s what we should do with Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles

Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance

Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It’s the cultural moments of the year

Prizes announced for Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

Just Be Nice! Real Hackney Dave rallies UK artists for essential message

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity

Homeless people get creative with self-portraits for new photo exhibition

This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers

This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council

These artists are turning their street into a solar power station

Exclusive: Government has spent £1.5m on art for official buildings since start of pandemic

This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries

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