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The overlooked masterpiece full of coded messages about World War One
Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation (Credit: Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation) Esoteric and pioneering, the paintings of a…
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The ultra-violent Shakespeare play that makes audiences faint
Alamy Tragedy Titus Andronicus is the Bard’s goriest work, and a new production is set to be one of the…
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The anti-Bollywood films fighting sexist stereotypes
Altitude Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films…
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How fake Hitler diaries fooled the British press
Getty Images In April 1983, a German magazine, Stern, and a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to have made…
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How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but…
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10 of the best TV shows of 2025 so far
Caryn James and Hugh Montgomery Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) From the new season of the…
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Why JMW Turner’s greatest painting is so misunderstood
The National Gallery, London (Credit: The National Gallery, London) As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW…
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Coachella looks from Lady Gaga to Sabrina Carpenter – and the costumes that can make or break careers
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Behind the creation of the festival’s most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to…
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How 1950s French horror Les Diaboliques inspired Psycho
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Seventy years old this year, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film about two women plotting murder is a masterclass in…
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The men behind the Great Train Robbery
Getty Images Britain in the 1960s was captivated by the daring of the Great Train Robbery, and the sheer scale…
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