To the designer Susan Kare, designing icons was about solving ‘the little puzzle of making an image fit a metaphor’. Forty years later, that challenge remains.
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The humble ‘broken image’ icon has a rich backstory – one connected to early web design, camera culture and our timeless urge to find meaning in the landscape.
Ruth’s headline-grabbing home runs helped his sport recover from scandal, while his own story helped combat anti-Catholic prejudice.
To many Ukrainians, Jesus’ mother has a special relationship with their country.
Far from alarmist, images of the coronavirus seem to communicate patience and trust in science – both of which will be needed in the coming weeks and months.
Dorothy’s slippers, worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, have long been celebrated as a ‘queer object’. With one pair recently restored at a price of $300,000, do they deserve such adulation?
Several outstanding women were nominated, but Rainbow Murray, an adviser to the series, says the public vote showed how we’re still more inclined to recognise male achievement.
An expert argues our connection with these figures is longstanding. They are embedded in our myths and help us explore deeper questions about being human.
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Director of the Marian Library and Professor, University of Dayton
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Honorary Academic, University of Auckland, New Zealand, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Religion Emerita, Temple University
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Professor of Africana Studies and Art & Design, University of Delaware
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Director of Public Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Swansea University