The British Library takes us inside the mind of Beethoven
The artefacts in this major exhibition are poignant aids to understanding the composer’s struggles.
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Beautiful Science at the British Library: a history of the portrayal of data
A highlight is Florence Nightingale’s rose diagram, showing how dirty hospitals were killing more soldiers than war.
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Although we might be confidently distant from the Orwellian imagination, systems of information control are still being perpetuated. How can…
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