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Why 12 months in a year, seven days in a week or 60 minutes in an hour?
While days and years are (fairly) neat astronomical events, what explains months, weeks, hours and minutes?
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Tattoos in Europe: from slaves and sailors to kings and tsars
Tattoos have adorned the highest born royals and the lowliest sailor in Europe for at least 5,000 years
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Artist profile: George Stubbs
Our collections feature several works by renowned 18th-century animal artist George Stubbs, most notably his groundbreaking paintings of a kangaroo and dingo
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Inigo Jones and the Queen's House
Discover how England’s first Classical building was created
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Artist profile: J.M.W. Turner
Our art collection holds a major work by artist J.M.W. Turner: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (1822-24).