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Luke Turner

The hidden history of Britain’s fight for queer rights

Several new books explore the LGBTQ+ lives and narratives that have all too often been ignored

Fri 6 Mar 2026

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Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars

Sat 28 Feb 2026

How the British let loose between the wars
Afua Hirsh

48 mins • S1, E3

Afua Hirsh
Tim Adams
Snap happy: a century of photo booths

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Snap happy: a century of photo booths
Barnaby Phillips
Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot
William Lindesay
How I found my kindred spirit along the Great Wall of China

Fri 6 Feb 2026

How I found my kindred spirit along the Great Wall of China
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam

Fri 23 Jan 2026

When India was the seat of Islam
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook

Mon 12 Jan 2026

Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook

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