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An awe-inspiring melding of studios, galleries and living spaces – sometimes all in the same room – the residence of the Catalonian sculptor Xavier Corberó in suburban Barcelona is nothing less than a manifestation of his ceaselessly inventive imagination. As Corberó seeks to create ‘a place in which the mental space – not the real one – is what matters’, he finds himself surprised again and again when reality diverges from what he initially imagined.
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Film and visual culture
‘Bags here are rarely innocent’ – how filmmakers work around censorship in Iran
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Language and linguistics
Closed captions suck. Here’s one artist’s inventive project to make them better
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Architecture
The celebrated architect who took inspiration from sitting, waiting and contemplating
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Subcultures
Drop into London’s eclectic skate scene, where newbies and old-timers find community
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Rituals and celebrations
A whale hunt is an act of prayer for an Inuit community north of the Arctic Circle
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Music
The peculiar beauty of a song caught between composition and improvisation
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Rituals and celebrations
A beginner’s guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth
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Love and friendship
Love looks a bit different for a chain-smoking couple in a small apartment
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Biography and memoir
Passed over as the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight carved out an impressive second act
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