Culture
-
How John le Carré’s spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
David Cornwell was steeped in secrecy throughout his life – long before he took on the nom de plume John…
Read More » -
Five details that unlock the genius of Van Gogh’s original ‘starry night’
Van Gogh has studiously swapped in these windows and drawn curtains for a pair of formidable, 1st-Century Corinthian columns, complete…
Read More » -
How the dark, violent medieval origins of Robin Hood were erased
The Traitor of Sherwood Forest centres on the fictional Jane, a peasant who falls for Robin Hood’s legend. She swoons…
Read More » -
Toy Story 5 is the year’s most traumatic film
Still, maybe it was decided that without some extraneous silliness, Bonnie’s anguish would be too much for viewers to take…
Read More » -
The earl who vanished after murdering his children’s nanny
It also reveals much about the British attitude to class. Richard John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, married Veronica,…
Read More » -
Why David Hockney’s 1967 masterpiece is newly poignant after his death
Though A Bigger Splash appears, on its surface, to be a meticulously observed moment in time, it was, in fact,…
Read More » -
The 1927 painting that foretold Germany's downfall
Did German painter Max Beckmann’s Variety Show foreshadow the rise of Nazism? Source link
Read More » -
How Cape Fear’s psychopath Max Cady became one of America’s all-time greatest villains
This othering of Cady is further amplified through the Santeria faith he adopts in prison. This Afro-Caribbean-Yoruba religion, developed by…
Read More » -
The woman who stowed away on a ship to report on D-Day
It captures the nuance of how those who were there might have felt, beyond descriptions of military strategies or commanders’…
Read More » -
Steven Spielberg’s ‘flimsy’ alien drama is like ‘a drab X-Files episode’
Josh O’Connor stars as Daniel, a cyber-security boffin who works for a powerful organisation called Wardex. The organisation was set…
Read More »