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Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends A major exhibition at Young V&A – go behind the scenes and explore how Aardman’s iconic characters and worlds are brought to life

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Bethnal Green, London

Dundee, Scotland

Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent
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Marie Antoinette Style exhibition book

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David Bowie Is – extended paperback edition exhibition book

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Hand-carved porcelain cameo necklace by Vintouch

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Background image: Choker by Schiaparelli, Pagan collection, autumn 1938. Photograph © Emil Larsson