Stories

Discover inspiring people, remarkable places and ground-breaking ideas through cultural heritage stories from Europe and beyond
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Pauline Viardot - a European diva
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Join our Women’s History Month Transcribathon
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Film pioneer Fern Andra
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How Alexandre Dumas's novels have been adapted in film and the performing arts
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Fashion and performance
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The Rocky Horror Show
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Rosario Soler, Spanish soprano performer
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Raffaella Carrà, Italy's entertainment icon
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La Goulue, queen of Montmartre
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Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina
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The Nordic Black Theatre in Oslo
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Michaél Mac Liammóir & Hilton Edwards
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Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale
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The Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, an African American legacy
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John Lind - an early drag icon
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Folklore shadow puppet theatre: a Greek summer holiday tradition
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Dancing across Europe: Danish prima ballerina Lucile Grahn
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Adriatic relationships: Carlo Goldoni's La Dalmatina
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Pola Negri: woman of the world
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Five stunning European theatres for #LoveTheatreDay
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Lope de Vega - never short of a drama
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Bertolt Brecht and Brechtian theatre
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Federico García Lorca: Spanish poet and playwright