CULTURE

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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,…

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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…

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The groundbreaking audio series that explored world history through objects

At 09:45 on January 18, 2010, the first episode of this ambitious series began on BBC Radio 4, presented by…

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Why Close Encounters has never been more relevant

Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic tapped into ever-present anxieties about UFOs Source link

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The weatherman crucial to D-Day victory

On his inauguration day, in 1961, John F Kennedy asked the outgoing president, Dwight D Eisenhower, what had given him…

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