2 h. ago The best of Photo London 2025: Lee Miller, David Bailey and more hit Somerset House

Sophie Parker, the Director of Photo London, picks out some of the highlights from this year’s fair at Somerset House

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11 h. ago Lee Miller ‘buried’ frontline war experiences, archive says ahead of show

Unseen shots by US photographer to be shown at Photo London, which also features images from Ukraine conflictThe photographer Lee Miller “buried” her experiences from the frontline of the second world war, where she captured the liberation of France, according to the team behind unseen images of hers that are being displayed this week.The photographs from Miller’s time in St-Malo, France, and various sites in Germany are being shown at the 10th edition of Photo London. They depict the violent confrontations at the end of the conflict but also show more casual images of celebrating US troops. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Queen says her father was ‘lucky’ despite being shot in the face during the war

In a conversation with veteran Douglas Cracknell at Clarence House, Camilla shared her father’s experience of the war.

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1 week ago Survival and stoicism: stories of women born before the second world war

Christian Doyle’s series Quietly Getting On focuses on women in their late 80s and 90s, their memories of a wartime childhood and how they live nowAs a way of maintaining contact with my elderly neighbours during the Covid restrictions of 2020, we set up a project where each person held up a card showing the age they felt inside. From their life stories, a new idea formed in my mind.This is a generation of women who had experienced first-hand the impact of war on the domestic front, who had been evacuated to strangers across the country, not seeing their parents for months on end. Maybe these experiences created a different mindset; a resilience and stoicism, where the self is less important than being part of a community. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Smurfs, dragons and aliens: Family movies lean into magic and wonder this summer

“How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the “remake fatigue” concerns

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1 week ago Army veteran convicted of killing girlfriend and her 3 children set to be executed in Florida

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is facing scheduled execution in Florida this week for the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998

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2 w. ago JoJo Siwa's Dance Moms mentor Abby Lee Miller hinted she was a 'game player' ahead of her Celebrity Big Brother stint

JoJo Siwa's former Dance Moms mentor Abby Lee Miller hinted that the star was a 'game player' ahead of her stint on Celebrity Big Brother

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3 w. ago I fear I’m doing friendship wrong: why do we lose the art of just hanging out? | Carolin Würfel

Pre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is betterThere’s a black and white image of the photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and her friend Tanja Ramm. The two are having breakfast in bed at Miller’s studio in Paris, casually reading newspapers. Their faces are framed by untamed hair and they’re dressed in cotton shirts, with coffee cups in front of them. The image, captured in 1931, is quiet and intimate. They share a blanket, their arms touch. There’s no rush, no urgency. It’s a scene about love but, above all, it’s about friendship.When was the last time I lay in bed with a friend like that? For most of us, it was probably during school or university, when staying over or crashing at someone’s house was a regular occurrence – sometimes a necessity, but mostly just part of our routines. It kept us close. Staying in a friend’s room or apartment felt like being on an island – safe, cosy and fun. It was about whisp...

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