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...coding thus identifies different groups: the dignified seated parents are separate from the active and loud, lower-status, support crew. Does this suggest that in ancient Rome intense bodily expression in mourning was often a performance, and unrelated to real grief? Perhaps so, especially since images such as this are stylised interpretations. Yet the picture is clearly...

...codes pose everyday dilemmas for many people and are clearly not limited to Muslim women. What to wear or not to wear is a decision most people face on a daily basis across the world within very different contexts, and this decision can be influenced by a vast range of different factors and can provoke a wide range of different reactions. Apart from financial constraints...

...simple answer is that the more we know about anything the more interesting it becomes: listening to music or looking at paintings with someone who can tell us a little about what we hear or see – or what we‘re reading – is one way of increasing our understanding and pleasure. That may mean learning something about the people who produced the writing, music, painting...