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Drama that chronicles the trials of a Hackney café owner trying to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture.

Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah tells John Wilson about his early years at stage school, how seeing a production of Joe Turner's 'Come and Gone', by August Wilson, changed the way he saw what theatre could do.

Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. Here, she looks at Dutch painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of William of Normandy's claim to the English throne, culminating in the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings.

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