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Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity

Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke, Mary is told by the angel Gabriel she will conceive and bear a son and call him Jesus.

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The pre-Raphaelite muse who inspired Taylor Swift’s The Fate of Ophelia

As a professor of pre-Raphaelite studies, I was excited to see that the track list for Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl includes a song called The Fate of Ophelia. Ahead of the album’s release, fans and art historians speculated that the inspiration could come from John…

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Clive Wilmer obituary

Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays

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Poem of the week: River Babble by Eugene Lee-Hamilton

A disabled poet laments the freedom he has lost in physical life but celebrates the liberty he retains in poetic imagination

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Victorian Radicals review – a riveting rethink for the trippy, cosplaying pre-Raphaelites

These Victorian painters are often framed as a guilty pleasure. But, as this intriguing exhibition makes clear, there is actually very little to feel guilty about

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‘Constant diarrhoea’ and other excuses: Rossetti’s five years of apologies for unfinished art revealed

Artist’s letter to his backer, George Rae, to go on show this week, revealing excuses for not meeting and why he could not deliver promised work on time

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Book now: 20 must-see exhibitions in the UK

The largest exhibition of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s work in decades is on show at Tate Britain along with paintings by his wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Fans of pre-Raphaelite art will be thrilled with “The Rossettis”, which features splendid loans alongside much-loved paintings from our national collections. Until 24 September 2023, Tate…

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Steve McQueen: Grenfell; The Rossettis – review

Steve McQueen’s dizzying film of the ruin of Grenfell Tower is a rite of pure observation. Elsewhere, the star of the Tate’s pre-Raphaelite sibling show isn’t a painter…

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The Rossettis review – lurid, luscious-lipped beauties drown out the family’s real talent

Dante Gabriel’s paintings are shown up by his sister Christina’s poetry in this baffling, overblown exhibition about the decidedly non-revolutionary pre-Raphaelites

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The Rossettis at Tate Britain review: a hothouse of sensuousness and big hair

There’s poetry on the walls in this fascinating examination of these mainstays of the Pre-Raphaelite movement

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Ophelia resurfaces: pre-Raphaelite muse is recognised as a skilled artist

Elizabeth Siddal, immortalised in the painting by John Everett Millais, is finally being judged for her art at a new Tate exhibition

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From God’s Creatures to Dreamland: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Paul Mescal doing wrong in rural Ireland or Lily Allen wreaking havoc in Margate, our critics have your cultural needs covered for the next seven days

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Radically romantic Rossettis, female impressionists and whisky – the week in art

Preraphaelite sensuality gets complex at the Tate, the great Berthe Morisot wins her due and Northumberland distils Anglo-Saxon history – all in your weekly dispatch

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Valentine's Day: a brief history of the soulmate – and why it's a limited concept

One of the difficult things about working on the philosophy of love is that human relationships change, but our dominant images of love tend to remain the same.

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The best exhibitions in London this winter, from Chanel to Marina Abramović

It’s a fabulous season for art lovers...

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How an American magazine helped launch one of Britain’s favorite Christmas carols

In 1906, a new carol appeared in “The English Hymnal,” an influential collection of British church music. With words by British poet Christina Rossetti, set to a tune by composer Gustav Holst, it became one of Britain’s most beloved Christmas songs. Now known as “In the Bleak Midwinter,” it was…

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From Bullet Train to Pussy Riot: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you want to join Brad Pitt in Japan for the commute from hell or stay home with a noisy Russian art collective, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Unfaithful, too striking... why William Morris’s wife was painted out of the Arts and Crafts movement

Jane Morris’s creative influence on her husband’s design empire has finally been revealed in a new book

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The city within a city: The story of Llandaff and the people who keep Cardiff's unique suburb alive

This year marks 100 years since the city of Llandaff became a part of Cardiff

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William Morris’s ‘heaven on earth’ Oxfordshire home restored to former glory

After a £6m renovation project, the pioneering designer’s farmhouse is reopening to the public

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