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Natural History Museum celebrates record year as Butterfly Explorers show enters final month

Butterfly house genius Luke Brown tells us why 2010 has been the best year yet for the Natural History Museum display.

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Handel House Museum gives a glimpse inside Jimi Hendrix's London flat in Hendrix at Home

The 18th century townhouse where Hendrix once lived opens its doors with tours, guitars, gig tickets and memorabilia.

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Pair of shows tell history of London's New River and Smithfield Market at Guildhall Art Gallery

The stories of two key sites from London's heritage give fresh insights into the history of the city, says Kathleen McIlvenna.

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Nomadic "missing" William Blake etchings unveiled in Tate Britain's Romantics exhibition

Lucy Elder sees eight etchings made by the artist at the end of the 18th century as part of the gallery's major new exhibition.

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Race for Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth begins in earnest as shortlisted six take to St Martins

Culture24 takes a first glance at the six designs competing to grace Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth during the Olympics.

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In Pictures: The six new Fourth Plinth proposals

Pictures of the potential new arrivals at Trafalgar Square as they go on public display in the famous nearby church at St Martin in the Field.

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Alice Neel brings Painted Truths of celebrity, pregnancy and nudity to Whitechapel Gallery

Friends, family, nudes and Andy Warhol - the portraits of "collector of souls" Alice Neel at the Whitechapel Gallery.

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Culture24 Listings Pick: Rat catching and Victorian life and death at London's Ragged School Museum

Summer holiday fun with a difference at the Ragged School Museum, featuring the richest and poorest sides of Victorian society.

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Hypercomics: The Shapes of Comics to Come at Pump House Gallery

Pump House Gallery experiments with the comic book form to come up with multi-directional storylines that use drawing, sculpture, photography and other media.

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Jewish Museum raises £282,000 to rescue a holy treasure of Jewish Britain

A 300-year-old Hanukah lamp has been saved after London's Jewish Museum raised £282,000.

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Winston Churchill's "the few" speech commemorated with War Rooms readings

Pictures from the 70th anniversary replay of Sir Winston Churchill's famous RAF speech at the Churchill War Rooms.

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Monumental Misconceptions: A Journey Through Sculptural Budapest at Gallery Soho

Liane Lang spent a month subverting Budapest's monuments to the Soviet era for her forthcoming show.

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Sir Keith Park memorial statue to be unveiled in London to commemorate Battle of Britain day

The campaign for a memorial to Sir Keith Park, mastermind of the Battle of Britain, comes to fruition on Battle of Britain Day.

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Exhibitions remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 65th anniversary of World War Two attacks

A series of exhibitions, talks, vigils and events reveal their impact on the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bombings.

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Slow burner: John Gerrard talks about his monumental Oil Stick Work at Canary Wharf

We speak to the Irish artist John Gerrard, whose computer simulation at Canary Wharf is scheduled to run for 30 years.

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