Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

A digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open University

In my constituency, a group of volunteers chats with people – most of whom find they are to the left of their voting intentions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

This publication examines how AI-enabled online violence is escalating harm against women in public life. Drawing on global survey data, it highlights mental health impacts, growing self-censorship, l...

It is the first time the giant tribute has been on show in its entirety outside London.

I am writing this piece from The Hive in Worcester, where I am supposed to be stitching for the week, alongside my Stitching Cromwell exhibition.

Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...

Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book

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How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?