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The Arts
Jeanette Winterson described artists as the superconductors of society. The fruits of their labours have value beyond the surface, and reflect our lives as well as those that created them.

Listen to the music

Painting of lute player

Allegri's Miserere, Bach's Komm, Jesu, Komm and Byrd's Agnus Dei, expertly explained and appreciated: listen to the music.

A heavy fall

Snowscape

Mystery and romance, political and religious tension - all wrapped up in the Book for March, Snow.

Hearing women's lives

Sappho by Charles Mengin

You can discover real lives of classical Greece in literature, but it takes a closer reading to find the real women.

 

Sharing the messages

The panel consider a question

How do the challenges facing us all shape media and arts in an interdependent world?

Substance or sheen

Silver horse in deco style

Does Art Deco have its own unique qualities, or is it just a montage of others? Is Deco a style?

 

Taking it further

Students in a library

Interested? Keen? Not sure where to go next? Why not explore our choice ways of taking it further.

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