Culture
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What Botero’s rotund remakes of classical masterpieces tell us about art history
For Botero, exaggerating objects and figures was “a way of celebrating the presence of things,” Herrera Ottino says, adding that…
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The deathly book that caused a prize controversy
Emma Cline’s assisted-dying novel Switzy was excluded from the Booker Prize Source link
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10 images of 19th-Century Parisian women who rebelled against the trouser ban
While feminised versions of male styles were socially acceptable, wearing male clothing was not. This famously did not stop George…
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12 of the best TV shows to watch this November
From a drama about Muhammad Ali’s early years to a Blade Runner spin-off Source link
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Why the real Christopher Robin resented being linked to Winnie-the-Pooh
British novelist and playwright AA Milne needn’t have worried. The first Winnie-the-Book was published 100 years ago in October 1926,…
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The duchess charged with treason and witchcraft
Was 15th-Century ‘royal witch’ Eleanor Cobham a satanist or a political pawn? Source link
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A husband made from a basket? Why women are going wild for freaky film romance Wicker
The husband-and-wife film-making team behind Wicker, Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, tell the BBC they have been tickled by…
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12 of the best films to watch in November
Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Miles Teller are on top form in Paper Tiger, another gritty, New York-based crime drama…
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A medieval assault survivor's quest for justice
The story of one woman’s fight after suffering a sexual assault in 1472 Source link
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How the Kennedys averted the 1962 Cuban missile crisis
The cabinet was divided over what action to take, with further U-2 flights revealing that the missile bases were nearing…
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