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NO LIMITS New heights Following the exhilarating screenings from the Green Film Programme, Banff Mountain Film Festival is bringing a second round of excitement to the Corn Exchange. On Monday 22 November, enjoy a thrilling night of adrenaline-fuelled short films from some of the world’s best adventure filmmakers. They’ll take you along on their epic, action-packed journeys, traversing the globe’s most remote corners – and encountering plenty of life-affirming challenges along the way. Get tickets on the Corn Exchange website. cambridgelive.org.uk
On the road RICHER THAN BATMAN In case you missed its brief run at the artist’s personal gallery in Saffron Walden, Heath Kane’s Richer Than Batman exhibition will be showing at The Electric Gallery in London right up until 18 November. Encapsulating a wider narrative concerning wealth, the exhibition is a visual representation of public responses to the question: if you were 400 times richer, what would you do and how would it make you feel? The answers come from people of all walks of life, opening up a conversation about the disparity of wealth, specifically in relation to the fact that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now 400 times richer than the Queen – a feat that would take someone on an average salary over 2000 years. Every piece in the exhibition incorporates a different quotation and is an original piece of art, each depicting the queen’s face masked in some way. All of the original pieces and new limited-edition prints are available for purchase, and a percentage of each sale will be donated to the Single Homeless Project, which aids in preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing and being a voice for change. heathkane.co.uk
Gold of the Great Steppe Showcasing hundreds of recently discovered gold artefacts from ancient burial mounds in East Kazakhstan, Gold of the Great Steppe is the latest major display at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The exhibition both celebrates the Saka culture of central Asia (which flourished from at least the eighth to the third century BCE) and offers UK audiences a unique opportunity to see, and understand, the rich history of a country the size of western Europe. “It is hugely exciting to be announcing the loan of these incredibly important, recently discovered gold artefacts this autumn,” says Luke Syson, director of the FitzwilliamMuseum. “We look forward to bringing the extraordinary culture of the Saka people to life for our audiences, and are grateful to our partnership with East Kazakhstan – without it, enlightening exhibitions such as these would simply not be possible.” For more information, and to book your timed tickets, visit the FitzwilliamMuseum website. fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk TOP CULTURE PICK
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