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A beautiful new photo-book comes with a warning

A new book shows how this simple, rubber-soled shoe became an emblem of cool – and a luxury item

The colour pictures Vivian Maier took on the streets of New York and Chicago show how she found beauty in the everyday

At its peak, the Assyrian empire was the biggest on the planet

A peek inside a lavishly illustrated biography

In private, the Pre-Raphaelite painter had a silly side

The heroes and villains from Ian Fleming’s series infuse a new book of cocktails

The warm humour and emotional intelligence of Charles Schulz’s comic strip, “Peanuts”, still charm today

A new exhibition sheds light on the most important star in our galaxy

An exhibition in London sheds light on the “Dark Ages”