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A man wearing glasses and a brown jacket who is Charlie Watts playing drums in a TV studio.

Music

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True musical virtuosos are minimalists who put roll before rock

Musicians like Muddy Waters and Charlie Watts played fewer notes than showoffs like Jeff Beck, but they were the right ones

by Mike Edison

A couple enjoying a cosy moment, the woman holds a pink mug while the man, in a striped shirt, leans in closely, both smiling softly.

Communication and language

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Here’s the truth about how to spot when someone is lying

From shifty eyes to fidgeting fingers, there are many folk beliefs about the signs of lying – but what does the science say?

by Tim Brennen & Svein Magnussen

A film still of a man in a black suit airborne above a white staircase under bright stage lights against a dark background.

Dance

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How the acrobat and choreographer Yoann Bourgeois plays with gravity and time

Directed by Raphael Wertheimer

Three men in jackets and gloves looking in a direction outside the camera frame. A red curtain and people in hoodies are behind them.

Theatre and performance

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Much ado about uncertainty: how Shakespeare navigates doubt

‘I know this sure uncertainty’: how Shakespeare’s vision of an unpredictable world can help us live with doubt and error

by Lorenzo Zucca

Black and white photo of a man seated with a watering can and top hat, alongside a standing woman in a dress, in a vintage setting.

Play

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What TikTok videos have in common with Victorian parlour games

TikTok and Insta videos are the Victorian parlour games of today, allowing us to share in the emotional benefits of play

by Kim Beil & Ryan Tacata

A woman in a black swimsuit is submerged underwater, with her head down and hair floating gently around her.

Dance

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Exquisite subaquatic choreography stretches the limits of mind and body

Directed by Julie Gautier

A man walks beneath overcast skies down a wet and rutted road past a burned out tank in war-ravaged Ukraine

History of ideas

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Five timeless lessons for life from the Athenian tragedies

In a world filled with grief-fuelled rage, cultivating a tragic mindset can help you to live with grace and dignity

by Andy Owen

Black and white photo of an older man in a suit standing near a railing, illuminated from above, looking slightly upward.

Identity

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Stanislavski’s revelation: we’re more than the parts we play

Stanislavski taught that performance – on stage as in life – is created by analysing a character’s feelings and objectives

by William Justice Bruehl

Monichrome drawing of a bearded man with a hat, holding a pole, facing a striped lighthouse on an island, both reflected on a calm body of water.

Poetry

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Sail through Shakespeare’s melancholic soliloquy on life’s seven stages

Directed by Jérémie Balais and Jeffig Le Bars