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The Swedish historian catalogues two centuries of outlandish looks and behaviour across working-class subcultures ...

An attack in the 1920s led Florence Price (1887-1953) to transform from an piano teacher into a world-class pianist.

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We’re talking the alluring Rick Owens retrospective that’s currently held at the ornate Palais Galliera in Paris. Born in ...