Culture
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Did a gay love affair spark a 14th-Century royal crisis?
Alamy A new revival of Christopher Marlowe’s pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on…
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Will Timothée Chalamet’s wild awards campaign win him an Oscar?
Getty Images After the A Complete Unknown star’s surprise SAG win, viral acceptance speech and attention-grabbing campaign, could he pip…
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Amy Heckerling on how Clueless revolutionised the high-school comedy
Emmanuel Lafont/ Getty Images (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont/ Getty Images) The Jane Austen-hits-LA comedy changed fashion, language and cinema. As it…
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10 of the best TV shows to watch this March
Netflix From a lavish historical epic set in Sicily to a satire of Hollywood studios starring Seth Rogan, and the…
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The tumultuous history of the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House (Getty Images) The building of the Sydney Opera House began on 2 March 1959. But when BBC…
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What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
The Courtauld Institute of Art In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by…
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It took nearly 60 years for Brooke Shields to overcome her imposter syndrome
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) In the new series of Influential with Katty Kay, actress and model Brooke Shields opens…
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Why horror performances deserve more awards
BBC/ Alamy If Demi Moore wins the best actress award for The Substance, it will be a landmark moment –…
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How a historic women-only gang menaced London for decades
Police Gazette/ National Archives The all-female Forty Elephants lived by their own shoplifting and pickpocketing code. Now a new series…
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How Brazil propelled drama I’m Still Here to be this year’s Oscars dark horse
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Starring Fernanda Torres and centring on a family torn apart by Brazil’s military dictatorship, I’m…
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