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  The Progress Pride flag

  In 2017, Philadelphia City Hall in the United States revealed a pride flag including black and brown…
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  Studio, street and style: the photography of James Barnor

  His black and white studio portraits taken in the early 1950s capture a nation in flux, on its way towards…
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  The story of The Supremes

  They auditioned for the fledgling Motown label and in January 1961, they were eventually signed as 'The…
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  What makes CHANEL so iconic?

  love of black for eveningwear through into the 1960s.…
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  Perugino, and his rediscovery by the Pre-Raphaelites

  Today, the surface of the painting shows signs both of its unfinished status, and damage suffered in…
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  'Campanula' tea and coffee set by Paul Follot for Wedgwood

  The hand-painted decoration features black enamel stripes highlighted with a gilded stripe motif, on…
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  Six revolutionary designs by Mary Quant

  Tights Where would the modern women be without stretchy tights, in black, or a choice of colours?…
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  'I Still Believe in Our City' public art campaign

  Phingbodhipakkiya explains: Other versions of the series also feature portraits of Black people as a…
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  Lucian Freud and etching

  After viewing the trial proofs, Freud preferred those with green-black ink.…
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  Ashley Havinden and the 'Britain Can Make It' poster

  entrance to the museum, where, colourfully flanked by six Union flags and above a banner-like 'Entrance' sign…
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  Pollution: the dark side of fashion

  In 1833 the Manchester Times vividly evoked the stench and danger of the ‘Black Ditch’ at Pendleton which…
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  The miniskirt myth

  Very early signs of the mini could also be detected in late-1950s couture.…
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  The first Christmas card

  Cole family raising a toast in a central, hand-coloured panel surrounded by a decorative trellis and black…
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  An introduction to 1960s fashion

  The way people dressed was an obvious sign of shifting attitudes.…
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  Lucienne Day's silk mosaics

  Their Exits and their Entrances, The Island) or architecture (Black Window, White Door, The Castle and…
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  Embroidery – a history of needlework samplers

  The earliest signed and dated band sampler in our collection was worked by Mildred Mayow in 1633.…
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  Trunks and travelling

  ocean-faring travellers were also encouraged to "have trunks marked with full name and some striking sign…
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  An A – Z of gemstones

  Several gemstones adorn the black silk of this jokduri, a Korean bridal headdress.…
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  DESIGN: 'The Last of Us' and the post-apocalypse by Darran Anderson

  directors Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann, is that they allow the players room to imagine, to fill in the blanks…
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  Jameel Prize 2011

  ancestors' spirituality, craftsmanship and journey through history and his work draws on numerology and signs…