How J Paul Getty became the world’s richest man
During his five short-lived marriages, Getty had five sons, who went on to father 19 children. One of those grandchildren, John Paul Getty III, was
How a Canadian Back to the Future parody became an international cult hit
Based on the cult web series Nirvanna the Band the Show, the film stars director Matt Johnson and his co-writer Jay McCarrol as a pair
The player's underwear that scandalised Wimbledon
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Why The Odyssey has caused so much controversy
In Elle magazine, Nyong’o gave her own pithy response to the attacks. “This is a mythological story,” she said. “Our cast is representative of the
How a brutally tortured 3rd-Century saint became a gay icon
Because Sebastian’s gay icon status is so layered and deep-rooted, it has also proved malleable. At the height of the HIV/Aids epidemic in the 1980s
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 with intricate capitals and cornice,
16 of the best podcasts of 2026 so far
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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, a former model and secretary,
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, a fusion of personal and
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 up to keep information about