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The Amarna letters

2026-10-28 18:01:00

A man with a white beard examines an ancient tablet in a library, surrounded by books and various artefacts.

Petty disputes, pleas for help and requests for gold – explore letters sent to Egyptian pharaohs more than 3,000 years ago

- by Aeon Video

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Love with nowhere to go

2026-10-27 18:00:00

A person walking uphill on a snowy slope against a cloudy sky with wind-blown snow patterns.

Grief is not only for the dead. When we are unable to honour other profound losses, we become strangers to ourselves

- by Derek van Zoonen

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Great art explained: Tamara in the green Bugatti

2026-10-26 18:01:00

Art Deco painting of a woman in a headscarf driving a car staring intently, with bold colours and stylised forms.

A very modern conception of womanhood: in the Jazz Age paintings of Tamara de Lempicka, women were bold, free and stylish

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How to build real peace

2026-10-26 18:00:00

Soldiers in a dimly lit room, some standing and some seated on a patterned floor with sunlight streaming through a window behind them.

From Colombia to Syria, I’ve seen that capitalist logic can’t help to rebuild postwar countries but cooperatives can

- by Azize Aslan

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Traction!

2026-10-23 18:00:00

Video of a match striking against a textured surface creating a small flame with a dark background.

Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars

- by Jennifer R Vail

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Bhutan: the last place

2026-10-22 18:01:00

Photo of a boy in a sports jacket, looking thoughtful with his reflection in a dimly lit mirror behind him.

What happened when people in Bhutan, the last country on Earth without television, were allowed to watch it in 1999?

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