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Image of book cover The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
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“It’s The Most Eviscerating Thing I’ve Ever Written” – Stephen Buoro On His Acclaimed New Novel

May 18, 2023 | By Marie-Claire Chappet
Image of model lying on a bed wearing underwear
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Why We Need To Talk About Underwear

May 18, 2023 | By Kate Finnigan  
Stills from Anime films and TV series, including Astro Boy, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Digimon, One Piece, Howl’s Moving Castle, Demon Slayer and Nintama Rantarō. Interior of Tokyo anime bookshop Mandarake
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In Praise Of Anime

May 18, 2023 | By Aaliyah Cotton
Service95 Book Club announcement graphic
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For The Love Of Books 

May 11, 2023
Archive image of young boy in Glasgow blowing bubblegum in the deserted street
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Douglas Stuart On The Powerful Images That Inspired Shuggie Bain 

May 11, 2023
World's Best Libraries: Stuttgart City Library, Alamy; Beitou Public Library, Alamy; Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library; Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Shutterstock; The British Library, Shutterstock; The Morgan Library, Alamy; Woollahra Library, Alamy
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The Resurgence Of The Library   

May 11, 2023 | By Lauren Cochrane  
Sirens Film Poster
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Sirens On Screen: Documenting Lebanon’s First All-Female Metal Band

April 27, 2023
Gal-dem founder and author Liv Little
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Life After Gal-Dem: What Liv Little Did Next  

April 27, 2023
Sound artist Christine Sun Kim
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The Shape Of Sound: How Christine Sun Kim Is Reimagining Sign Language As Art  

April 27, 2023
Author Max Porter's new novel Shy
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“It Felt Like A Fever” – Author Max Porter On Creating His New Novel Shy 

April 20, 2023 | By Douglas Greenwood
Frieze Exhibition Manifold: images of artwork
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This One Thing... The Inspiration Behind Frieze Show Manifold  

April 20, 2023 | By Faridah Folawiyo   
Stephanie H Shih ceramic art
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The Reflective, Playful Art Of Stephanie H Shih  

April 20, 2023 | By Marianna Cerini 
Theatre posters for stage productions of A Little Life, Julia ⓒ Prudence Upton; Angels In America, Hamilton, A Strange Loop and Here Lies Love
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The World’s A Stage 

April 11, 2023
Portrait of Andy Warhol, images of textile prints designed by Warhol, installation of the Andy Warhol: The Textiles Exhibition at the Fashion And Textiles Museum, London
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Warhol’s Textiles: A Portrait Of The Artist Pre-Pop 

April 11, 2023 | By Lauren Cochrane
Images of film screenings, events and promotional material by TAPE Collective
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The New Cult Classics: How A London Film Collective Is Championing True Representation On Screen 

March 27, 2023 | By Caitlin Quinlan
Prima Facie at The Harold Pinter Theatre; Lucali Pizzeria; Thierry Mugler: Couturissime at Brooklyn Museum; Housing Works Bookstore Café; Hip-Hop at Fotografiska New York
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New York, I Love You

March 6, 2023
Portrait of soprano opera singer Samuel Mariño with his dog, shot exclusively for Service95
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The South American Singer Opening The World Of Opera To A New Audience

February 24, 2023 | By Pia Brynteson
Images of a Lynette Yiadom-Boakye painting, 40 Maltby Street, Prince Charles Cinema, Abba Voyage, and A Streetcar Named Desire theatre show
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Rediscovering London

February 13, 2023
Collage image featuring a girl wearing a headscarf holding a television remote, alongside images of Muslim characters portrayed in various films and TV series
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Why Muslim Representation In Film and TV Matters

February 13, 2023 | By Aya Nimer
Film stills featuring 'final girl' characters, image of The Final Girl Support Group book cover and The Final Girls podcast artwork
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The Final Girl: A Brief Explainer

February 7, 2023 | By Simon Coates
A street style shot of Michèle Lamy and a black and white portrait of her wearing head-to-toe black
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The Way I Work... Michèle Lamy

January 31, 2023
Illustrated portrait of Mark Ronson
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“It Was This Overwhelming Sense Of Panic, As If I Was Under A Spell And Just Waiting For Something To Break It”: Mark Ronson Reflects On His Anxiety Attacks

January 23, 2023
Painting of two men in suits by artist Sahara Longe
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Sahara Longe: Connection Through Art

January 20, 2023
Portrait of writer and poet Ocean Vuong standing under the branches of a tree
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In Conversation With Poet And Writer Ocean Vuong

January 13, 2023
Paintings by artist Salman Toor, Night Walkers, 2022; Music Room, 2021; The Dressing Table, 2021; Late Dinner, 2022
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This One Thing... The Works Of Salman Toor

January 13, 2023 | By Funmi Fetto
Portrait of Yusra Mardini, and film stills from Netflix's The Swimmers
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The Swimmers: Yusra Mardini’s Journey From A Refugee Boat To The Olympics

December 13, 2022 | By Iana Murray
David Byrne's theatre production Theater Of The Mind
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Inside Music Icon David Byrne’s Mesmerising New Production ‘Theater Of The Mind’

December 7, 2022 | By Laura Studarus
Illustrated portrait of Pedro Almodóvar
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Pedro Almodóvar’s Directors To Look Out For

November 28, 2022
Film stills from Chinonye Chukwu's Till
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Till: A Story Of Grief And Resilience In An Unequal World

November 18, 2022 | By Esther Zuckerman
Images of welsh poet Casi Wyn
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Casi Wyn: The Poet Keeping The Welsh Language Alive

November 18, 2022 | By Mary Cleary
Images of Dua Lipa on the Japanese art island Naoshima
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A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands

November 11, 2022
Images from the queer club night Queer House Party
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Queer House Party: The DJ Collective Centring Politics And Accessibility In Queer Club Nights

November 11, 2022 | By Molly Lipson
Image of Michelle Obama's book The Light We Carry
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This One Thing... The Light We Carry By Michelle Obama

November 11, 2022 | By Samantha de Haas
Images of bookstores in Malaysia
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How The Pandemic Made Malaysia A Nation Of Bookstore Lovers

November 11, 2022 | By Lily Jamaludin
Illustrated portrait of Dita Von Teese
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Dita Von Teese’s Best Burlesque Dancers Of All Time

November 4, 2022
Images of book covers featured in Dua Lipa's autumn book recommendations
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The Booker Prize And My Lifelong Love Of Reading

October 28, 2022
A self-portrait and image of Joy Labinjo
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The Way I Work... Joy Labinjo

October 28, 2022
Images of the Kosovo Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale created by artist Jakup Ferri
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The Exhibition At Venice Biennale Revelling In The Joy Of The Everyday

October 28, 2022 | By Suzana Vuljevic
Promotional image for KPOP the musical featuring the cast and performers
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The New Musical Offering A Piercing Look Into K-Pop

October 21, 2022 | By Jessica Derschowitz
Portraits of feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran by Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
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Soheila Sokhanvari: The Iranian Artist Using Her Work As A Political Act

October 21, 2022 | By Simon Coates
Illustrated portrait of presenter and comedian Trevor Noah
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Trevor Noah’s Favourite Comedians

October 17, 2022
Images of artwork featuring in exhibitions across London, including Frieze Art Fair, The World Reimagined and Tyler Mitchell at the Gagosian
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This One Thing... London’s Art Scene

October 7, 2022 | By Funmi Fetto
Image of Seoul city and photographs from Make Break Remix: The Rise Of K-Style by Fiona Bae
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How Korean Pop Culture Took The World By Storm

September 30, 2022
Illustrated portrait of Charli XCX
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Charli XCX’s Musicians To Watch

September 30, 2022
Images of book covers Virgil Abloh: Figures Of Speech; Art And Climate Change; Jimmy DeSana: Submission; 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone and Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love
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Five Art And Fashion Books To Have On Your Radar This Autumn

September 30, 2022 | By Nini Barbakadze
Portrait of author James Hannaham and the cover of his book Didn’t Nobody Give A Shit What Happened To Carlotta
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James Hannaham: The Author Using Literature To Challenge The American Prison System

September 23, 2022 | By Diana Durán
Image of the exterior of Casa Orgánica in Mexico
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Dua Lipa: At Your Service – Season 2

September 20, 2022
Images of artist Isissa Komada-John, her ceramics and paintings
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Isissa Komada-John: The Artist Channelling Healing Into Her Art

September 20, 2022 | By Eva Recinos
Image of the book cover of All The Women In My Brain by Betty Gilpin
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Betty Gilpin Is Finding Herself, One Chapter At A Time

September 9, 2022 | By Esther Zuckerman
Images of the space and art installations inside Palazzo Miccichè
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A Cultural Park Healing Neglected Towns

September 5, 2022 | By Ella Alexander
Images of Agnes Questionmark during Transgenesis and other art performances
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Agnes Questionmark: The Art World’s Mesmerising Underwater Performer

September 5, 2022 | By Pia Brynteson
Portrait of the US-based Afro-Latinx artist Raelis Vasquez and images of his paintings
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Why Raelis Vasquez’s Art Is Centring The Afro-Latinx Community

August 26, 2022 | By Eva Recinos
Portrait of British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and his book cover
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This One Thing... Edward Enninful: A Visible Man

August 26, 2022 | By Funmi Fetto
Collage featuring female rap artists Roxanne Shanté, Lil' Kim, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj and Rapsody
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The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

August 22, 2022

Photographs of Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Nori Reed, Max Wittert, Sam Taggart and George Civeris

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Bowen Yang’s Comedians You Should Know About

August 22, 2022
Images by photographer Nigel Shafran, taken from his retrospective book The Well
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This One Thing... The Well by Nigel Shafran

August 5, 2022 | By Poppy Roy
Image of couple, sex and relationship coaches and creators of the Lacey and Flynn Have Sex podcast on pink sofa in underwear
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This One Thing... Lacey And Flynn Have Sex

August 1, 2022 | By Samantha de Haas
Image of author Lillian Fishman alongside her book cover Acts Of Service
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Author Lillian Fishman Shares An Excerpt From Her Debut Novel Exploring Sexual Desire

August 1, 2022
Dua Lipa reads book at dinner table, where she is eating a taco
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In Praise Of Being Alone

January 27, 2022
Image of DJ and queer party promoter Ty Sunderland
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Meet Ty Sunderland – The Titan Of New York’s Queer Nightlife 

July 22, 2022 | By Rob LeDonne
Images of Sunny Hill Festival
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This One Thing... Sunny Hill Festival

July 22, 2022 | By Samantha de Haas
Image of Dua Lipa in recording studio
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Season Two Is Coming...

July 14, 2022
Images of the artwork on display at Queer Britain museum
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Inside Queer Britain – The UK’s First LGBTQIA+ Museum

July 14, 2022 | By Alim Kheraj
Images of theatre productions in New York and London, featuring Into The Woods, The Glass Menagerie, Richard III, POTUS and Jerusalem
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My Return To The Theatre (Audience)

July 8, 2022
Images of scenes during the Broadway musical A Strange Loop
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The Award-Winning Musical That’s A Cocktail Of Humour And Discomfort

July 8, 2022 | By Justin Kirkland
Images of artwork from the neurodivergent NFT art collective ARTXV
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ARTXV: The First-Ever NFT Collective For Neurodivergent Artists

July 8, 2022 | By Marie-Claire Chappet
The book cover of Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa
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This One Thing... Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa

June 17, 2022 | By Funmi Fetto
Dua Lipa at the Pinakothek Der Moderne Gallery in Munich
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My European Art Trail 

June 10, 2022
Artwork featured in the Hayward Gallery exhibition, In The Black Fantastic
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In The Black Fantastic: Pushing Past The Constraints Of The Racialised Everyday

June 10, 2022
An image of a woman's face obscured by yellow squares in a collage illustration
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Learning to Love Being ‘Selfish’ 

June 6, 2022
Images of people participating in the psychedelic art installation Dreamachine
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The Immersive Experience That Takes Your Mind To Another Realm

June 6, 2022 | By Poppy Roy
Portrait of Akwaeke Emezi and their book cover
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“My Novels Are Definitely Not Happy. So I Wanted To Write Something Happy For Once”: Akwaeke Emezi Is Deviating Into Romance

May 27, 2022 | By Marie-Claire Chappet
Portraits of Nigerian-American comedian Ziwe
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“I Love Questioning Everything”: The Unorthodox Talk Show Host Exploring Race Through Comedy

May 23, 2022 | By Anna Peele
Archive photographs taken by Terence Donovan at the Que Club in Birmingham
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This One Thing... In The Que

May 23, 2022 | By Pia Brynteson
Stills featuring the films Annette, The Souvenir: Part II, and the TV Series Bridgerton
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The Clit Test: A Feminist Measure Of Female Pleasure 

May 6, 2022 | By Susan Devaney
Poster artwork of The TInderbox film
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“For me, history and truth matter” – Gillian Mosely’s Film On The Israel-Palestine Conflict

April 22, 2022
Portrait of graphic journalist Takoua Ben Mohamed in her studio
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Takoua Ben Mohamed: Breaking Down Stereotypes One Graphic Novel At A Time

May 5, 2022 | By Marianna Cerini 
Film stills from romantic comedies
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Why The Romcom Will Never Die

April 28, 2022 | By Scott Meslow
A portrait of the team, and images of the Prada catwalk and set-design supplies donated to Spazio Meta
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Faux-Fur Carpet, Pink Sand & Distorting Mirrors: Inside Milanese Art Reuse Start-Up Spazio Meta

April 22, 2022 | By Marianna Cerini
Hay Literary Festival, Wales
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An Insider’s Guide To Hay-On-Wye

May 6, 2022 | By Maria Padget
Artwork by artist Rudy Willingham featuring Beyoncé
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This One Thing... Artist Rudy Willingham

April 22, 2022 | By Brennan Carley
Illustrated portrait of Dua Lipa in a comic strip
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5 Visual Artists I’m Loving Right Now

April 14, 2022
Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The Genius Of Jean-Michel Basquiat: “He Was The Last Of Himself. He Cannot Be Recreated” 

April 14, 2022
Illustrated portrait of actor and director Riz Ahmed
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Riz Ahmed’s Top 5 Favourite Movies Of All Time

April 14, 2022
Alberta Whittle, Lagareh
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The Venice Biennale Need-To-Knows

April 14, 2022 | By Vanessa Peterson
Promotional artwork for comedian Alex Edelman's show Just For Us
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The Last Laugh: How Jewish Comedian Alex Edelman Turned Antisemitic Trolling Into A Sell-Out Show 

March 31, 2022 | By Gala Gordon
mages from the Japanese Subculture book The Obsessed
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This One Thing... The Obsessed: Otaku, Tribes, And Subcultures Of Japan by Irwin Wong 

March 31, 2022
Illustrated portrait of comedian Bowen Yang
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Bowen Yang’s 5 Comedians You Should Know About 

March 31, 2022
Image of an art installation by Yoko Ono, poster that reads: I Love You Earth
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The Coalition Helping The Art World Tackle Climate Change 

March 23, 2022 | By Vanessa Peterson
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Need To Know: Multimedia Artist Meriem Bennani 

March 23, 2022 | By Rosalind Jana
Film still from The Queen (1968)
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Start Your Engines    

March 18, 2022
Drag Queen Sasha Velour's Service 95 Take Over
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From Medieval Theatre To RuPaul’s Screen Queens: 9 Things You Should Know About The Art Of Drag

March 18, 2022 | By Sasha Velour
Illustration of Elton John
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Elton John’s Top 5 Musicians To Listen To Now 

March 18, 2022
Collage of female rappers: Nicki Minaj, Roxanne Shante, Lil’ Kim, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion and Rico Nasty
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For Women In Hip-Hop, Their Greatest Opponent Is Still Misogyny

March 7, 2022 | By kathy iandoli
Illustrated picture of film director Pedro Almodóvar, featuring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Lola Dueñas
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How Pedro Almodóvar’s Vibrant Filmography Tells A Darker Story Of Spain’s Traumatic Past 

February 28, 2022 | By Ana María Sánchez-Arce
Surrealist artwork featured in a carousel, from Dali to contemporary artists, related to article about The Artists Reframing Surrealism For The 21st Century
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New Radicals: The Artists Redefining Surrealism For The 21st Century 

February 28, 2022 | By Marie-Claire Chappet
Watercolour illustrated portrait of American author Lisa Taddeo
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Lisa Taddeo’s Top 5 Books Of All Time 

February 14, 2022
Immersive art experience, felt supermarket created by Lucy Sparrow
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How Felt Artist Lucy Sparrow Made Common Groceries A Timeless Masterpiece 

February 14, 2022 | By Emma Fraser
Polaroid image of poet and activist Yelda Ali
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Need To Know: Women’s Rights Campaigner, Artist And Poet Yeldā Ali 

February 14, 2022 | By Seun Matiluko 
A collage of images featuring the South African flag and DJs dancing
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Amapiano: The New Wave Of South African House Music That’s Going Global 

January 20, 2022 | By Faridah Folawiyo
View of sea sculpture of a floating boy underwater
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Why Jason deCaires Taylor May Be The Greatest Sculptor You’ve Never Heard Of 

January 27, 2022 | By Maria Padget

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