The culture shapers: film props

A1970s Yamaha G2 baby grand piano typically makes around £3,000 at auction. So why was one sold recently for over £1.7m? The simple answer: provenance. The piano belonged to Freddy Mercury, and was th

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‘The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space,’ wrote the American astronomer and author Carl Sagan in his book, Contact. Ever since humans first huddled

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