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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 days ago

From dangerous erotica to secret smoking canteens: ten things you didn't know about The British Museum

The first giraffes to arrive in London were not live, but stuffed. The first, a young specimen, came in the 1770s and from the 1810s it was dramatically displayed with two others at the top of the stairs of Montagu House, where the museum was then based. The British Museum then also covered natural history, which was later hived off to a separate institution in South Kensington, which opened in 1881.
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

'Covid hit and I was drinking every day during lockdown. I went up to 145 kilos'

Padison and Yule is a gift shop in Dublin that features year-round Christmas-themed items.
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