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Beauty and aesthetics

Two people in a badly taken selfie with thumb obscuring the subject

Photography

guide

How to take better photos

Anyone can learn the principles that are essential to capturing quality images. Follow these tips and see the difference

by Paul Pope

Painting of lilac flowers with green leaves on a dark background. The flowers vary in shades of purple, pink, and white.

Beauty and aesthetics

film

‘Nothing renders their beauty’ – can art ever capture the splendour of a flower?

A film by Miléna Trivier

An ornate underground station with decorative arches, hanging lamps, and a yellow train arriving. Passengers are waiting and walking through the area.

Architecture

guide

How to appreciate buildings

It’s easy to become blasé about the built world. Tune in more deeply and architectural adventures await around each corner

by Colin Ellard

A black and white image of a girl in a white dress dancing behind her younger brother in a wheelchair, with trees and a road in the background. They are both smiling.

Disability

film

‘I’ll always err on the side of beauty’ – a mother’s cinematic ode to her son

Directed by Kelly O’Brien

Collection of eclectic items including a head sculpture, framed art, a pink glass jar, and a green ornament on a reflective surface.

Beauty and aesthetics

guide

How to curate (just about) anything

Sure, tidying up is a start. But it won’t get you to the kind of lived-in, personalised space that defines an ideal of home

by Glenn Adamson

Person walking on a rocky landscape under a cloudy sky, carrying a backpack and a tool or instrument over their shoulder.

Beauty and aesthetics

film

The quiet exuberance of wintering alone on an empty island off New England

Directed by Brian Bolster