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Charles, Prince of Wales, the Future King Charles I of England

Close-up of a bronze head of a bearded god with a close-fitting cap, rows of curled hair and hollow eye sockets.

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Bronze Poseidon of 480 BC found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece

Bronze Poseidon, 480 BC. Found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece. Not the handsomest of the gods.

Five figures around an open music book: a man in a dark cloak points at the notes, and a youth in a green hat holds a stringed instrument.

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Painting of a music lesson recognised as a work by Titian

Lad, how I understand you. Not long ago this picture, which depicts a music lesson, was at last recognised as the work of Titian.

A soot-blackened building with burned-out glazing stands on a grassy slope behind a wrought-iron fence, with tall evergreens, lamps and a road with yellow markings in front.

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Fire-damaged building behind a wrought-iron fence under a cloudy sky

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Sophia Loren at Armani's pre-Oscars party yesterday with Roberta Armani, the brand's director of VIP client communications

Sophia Loren at Armani's pre-Oscars party yesterday with Roberta Armani, the brand's director of VIP client communications. Sophia is still a beauty at 87🥰

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Charles Bukowski with his second wife Linda Lee and a cat

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Oh, That Mad, Mad, Mad XVIIIIIIIIIIII Century

Bag-shaped object with an arched handle, its front carved in relief with eyes and eight-pointed rosettes.

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Decorated Mesopotamian weight of 2600 BC and proposed uses for the object

DIOR MINI handbag, Ancient Mesopotamia, 2600 BC. Regarded as a decorated weight, but it may quite as well have served as a part of a loom, for religious purposes, as part of a dowry or as a gift

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Christopher Lee in the 1968 film "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave"

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I wonder whether Elizabeth II will use a golf buggy to get about at public events, as the Queen Mother did in her day?

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Jean Marais (the handsome one) and Jean Cocteau (the clever one)

Map of Europe titled Most used swear word, with countries shown in different colours and labelled with their most common swear words.

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Map of the most commonly used swear words in European countries

The most commonly used swear words in the countries of Europe. Just in case anyone is about to travel abroad