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Black-and-white photograph. A group of Chinese servants and officials pose in ornate clothing, with the empress Cixi in a wooden carrier in the middle of the frame.

In the 19th century, when Queen Victoria was on the throne, another woman was governing a world power on the opposite side of the globe: Empress Dowager Cixi.

Meet the authors and illustrators who brought the fairy tale to life

Clémentine Delait found fame in the early 1900s

Known for her distinctive singing style and voice, Eartha Kitt was active in social causes in the 1950s and 1960s

Olympic gold medallist who survived the Holocaust and lived through the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Multicultural theatre company inspiring new generations of performers

Poetry, writing and music in Guadeloupe Creole, Twi, Ewe and Xhosa

Transatlantic perspectives on American abolitionist and anti-slavery campaigner

Jewish immigrant Rosenbaum ran a drapery store in Sundsvall for decades

Three Black authors from the Americas who have lived in Europe

Partners & pioneers of Irish theatre

A bright-coloured mohawk, green forehead, orange sideburns, purple collar and perching toes: not your idea of a dream date? The mandarin duck could make you reconsider!

Singer-songwriter and advocate for the rights of Black people across the world

colour photograph, a model on a catwalk wearing a black top with bright blue feathers behind her

African-American fashion designer Kelly broke barriers in the stiff European fashion industry

black and white photograph of Jesse Owens running

Facing both Jim Crow and Hitler in a sporting environment

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Remembering bravery within tragedy

Jewish boxer and referee who survived the Holocaust

black and white photograph, a young boy playing chess with a large crowd of men looking on.

Exploring the history and culture of chess