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History, Culture

10 Urban Legends & Myths

The Whitechapel Murders The Whitechapel Murders and the mysterious entity committing them are...
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History, Culture

Queen Victoria: A timeline

On May 24, 2019 it will be the 200th anniversary of the birth of “the grandmother of Europe”,...
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Art, History, Culture

Music & Dance: Performing Arts

Following the announcement of our acquisition of Lebrecht Photo Library, the world’s largest...
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Auguste and Louis Lumière: In Focus

To mark 70 years since the death of Louis Lumiere on June 6th, 1948 we’re selecting highlights...
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Art, History, Culture

Photography Now: Highlights from our Photography Collections

Hitler’s Window, 1945 (b/w photo), Vaccaro, Tony (b.1922) / Private Collection / Bridgeman...
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Art, History, Culture, Women, Photography, Female, Photographer, Woman

Women Behind the Lens: Great Female Photographers

We take a look at great female photographers showing us their view of the world from behind the...
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Art, History

Fantastic Photographers – At work and on film

The Bridgeman Archive features work from many of history’s greatest photographers. However, a...
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The Art of Cartography: Maps designed by people who never saw the globe

The British Library write that their collection of maps, plans and views is ”one of the largest...
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RAF’s 100 Year Anniversary: Celebration of Aviation!

The Royal Air Force is the world’s oldest independent air force, formed towards the end of WWI on...
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James Cook: the Explorer

Captain James Cook, the British explorer and cartographer, is the subject of the forthcoming...
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