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Turner’s Vision: The Release of Elemental Forces
The reports that the new £20 note issued by the Bank of England features one of JMW Turner's most celebrated paintings, The Fighting Temeraire, invites an interesting reflection on how we understand our history.
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Ordinary Giants: A Retelling of Our History
Woody Guthrie, the celebrated American singer and songwriter, famously said, “It’s a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people.” In a world dominated by the bland, commercialised music of the pop charts, it’s good to see that there’s still a place for folk music.