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Poetry in the city

The Dutch tradition of displaying poems on streets and walls

A glimpse of Jewish Minsk

Forgotten stories of three buildings in Belarus

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How did nicotine get its name?

Meet the man who gave his name to tobacco's addictive stimulant

colour photograph, a view of Leeds with an equestrian statue in a city square
Celebrating a year of culture in Leeds

Art, industry and culture in Yorkshire's capital city

a sepia studio picture of a woman in fine clothing with a decorated hat, putting on a delicate white glove
Hats from Zagreb

Over a century of Croatian fashion history

colour illustration of a bunch of colourful flowers in yellow, red, orange
Botanical Illustration Colouring Book

Explore and enjoy stunning plants while colouring

a black and white print portrait of Jacobus Capitein
The unusual story of Jacobus Capitein

Enslavement, theology and a literary legacy

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House for an Art Lover

An Art Nouveau home by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald

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Stolperstein: remembering those lost in the Holocaust

Paving stones across Europe to commemorate victims of persecution

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Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre - as illustrated by Paula Rego

Artworks inspired by stories and literature, girlhood and feminism

A wooden rack with bundles of wool dyed in different colours hanging and drying.
A journey to Le Mobilier National

Navigating between contemporary creation, traditional know-how and conservation

colour painting, .a painter sits on a tree trunk with palette and brushes in hand and the painter's box with the painting on his knees. His hat and crutch lie in the grass next to the tree. In front of him are sheep and a cow in the meadow.
How artists have painted cows

Artistic moo-vements

a woman with white hair and black clothing sits in front of old wooden looms and colourful tapestry slung over wooden beams.
Greek crafts, Greek identity

Four videos showing how Greek identities are embodied by the craft of weaving, weaving together past, present and future

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European Capitals of Culture in 2023

Exploring Elefsina, Timișoara and Veszprém

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Musical movements, migrating composers

How contemporary composers moved within Europe in the 20th century

Museums of the Year in Europe in 2022 and 2023
Museums of the Year in Europe in 2022 and 2023

Celebrating award-winning cultural heritage institutions

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Did Picasso steal the Mona Lisa?

A famous artist on trial for a shocking crime

colour poster with headline word ESPERANTO showing figures sitting on a flying winged horse
How Esperanto started and developed

The history of a new international language

a black and white picture of a smiling man standing in a small store that is filled with paper-mache animal silhouettes, sticking out of the walls and standing on shelves above his head.
Meet the artisan creating a zoo of animals out of paper

A chat with Roberto Capone, paper-mâché craftsman

A wooden polychrome triptych consisting of three panels hinged together with painted scenes
Reading symbols on European medieval objects

Learn about the symbolic significance of medieval imagery