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Poppy, a vet and farmer's daughter, lies across a hay stack at her home farm near Foulden in the Scottish Borders

Daughters of the soil: The value of women in agriculture

A new portrait exhibition features female farmers across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

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Poppy, a vet and farmer's daughter, lies across a hay stack at her home farm near Foulden in the Scottish Borders

Daughters of the soil: The value of women in agriculture

A new portrait exhibition features female farmers across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

Poppy, a vet and farmer's daughter, lies across a hay stack at her home farm near Foulden in the Scottish Borders

Daughters of the soil: The value of women in agriculture

A new portrait exhibition features female farmers across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

One of the photos

Photos of 1900s life found hidden behind wallpaper

Richard Jenkins took the photos and his family found the negatives in a concealed cupboard.

A photo by Deana Lawson of a shirtless man sitting on a sofa

Mythological family photos win top prize

Deana Lawson has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Centropy.

A performer stands in front of the thousands of knitted blankets on the school field at Steyn City to mark the upcoming Nelson Mandela Day as part of the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project in Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 May 2021. The project sees thousands of blankets being knitted by "knitwits" and then given to those who need them during the cold winter in South Africa. Blankets are given away to those in need after the event. This year's event honored medical staff and first responders in the country for their work during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.

Africa's top shots: Big knits and giant gems

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Gordonbhai Bhakta

From India to UK: An immigrant's snapshots from 1950s

The lives of Coventry's South Asian immigrants are recorded in Maganbhai 'Masterji' Patel's photos.

Garland of cornflowers and olives leaves on Tutankhamun's outer coffin

Archive sheds new light on Tutankhamun discovery

An exhibition in Oxford tells how Howard Carter's team excavated the pharaoh's tomb 100 years ago.

The Queen receives a sword from Sikh leaders

Photo map of Queen's visits released to mark jubilee

Historic England is releasing thousands of photographs to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

One of the photos

Photos of 1900s life found hidden behind wallpaper

Richard Jenkins took the photos and his family found the negatives in a concealed cupboard.

A photo by Deana Lawson of a shirtless man sitting on a sofa

Mythological family photos win top prize

Deana Lawson has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Centropy.

A performer stands in front of the thousands of knitted blankets on the school field at Steyn City to mark the upcoming Nelson Mandela Day as part of the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project in Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 May 2021. The project sees thousands of blankets being knitted by "knitwits" and then given to those who need them during the cold winter in South Africa. Blankets are given away to those in need after the event. This year's event honored medical staff and first responders in the country for their work during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.

Africa's top shots: Big knits and giant gems

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Gordonbhai Bhakta
Garland of cornflowers and olives leaves on Tutankhamun's outer coffin
The Queen receives a sword from Sikh leaders

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