From foxhunting to the Factory Acts, sport has never just been a game: it plays a key role in history.
This Sporting Life: Sport and Liberty in England, 1760-1960
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The marvellous Attlee takes us on the journey, through space and time, of one violin, whose voice "was powerful enough to unbuckle joints". Cremona, Russia, Venice, Alpine forests... (Her la... read more
Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure
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Huygens developed the theory of light travelling as a wave, invented the mechanism for the pendulum clock, and discovered the rings of Saturn - via a telescope that he had also invented. His... read more
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A portrait of the group composed of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Herbert Read, Gropius, Mondrian and others: how their lives crossed and influenced one another... read more