Penitent sinner or fiery saint? Mary Magdalene is one of the Bible’s most divisive figures. These paintings show why
In German artist Albrecht Dürer’s woodcut print on paper, a nude Magdalene is lifted towards the sky by six angels. The scene is inspired by
Six of the best Oscar contenders from the 2026 Venice film festival
Martin McDonagh’s last film, The Banshees of Inisherin, was nominated for nine Oscars, but didn’t win any. Could Wild Horse Nine do any better? A
Five things you need to know about the new four-hour Elon Musk documentary
David Byrne has co-written Let Me Sell You a Dream for the film’s closing credits, which has lyrics consisting entirely of phrases spoken by Musk
The poisoned umbrella that pointed to a KGB murder
A 1978 killing is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Cold War Source link
The hidden history of a controversial $6m banana
Art history proves the point. More than 400 years ago, Caravaggio split the opinions of his contemporaries with the groundbreaking levels of violence, sexual tension
The startling 1960s theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric computer
The meaning for those who built Stonehenge was, he believed, significant. “Eclipses are spectacular events that surely aroused the deepest emotions of our primitive ancestors,”
People are itching to create the Gen Z version of Friends. Here are five reasons it’s impossible
There’s been Mindy Kaling’s Not Suitable For Work, about five recent graduates in Manhattan, while the second season of FX’s chaotic but cosy Adults premieres
14 of the best books of 2026 so far
“Full of pathos and humour,” according to The Times, The Palm House centres on a pair of spiky middle-aged colleagues, Laura Miller, a writer and
10 of the best films to watch this September
The latest cartoon from DreamWorks Animation (The Wild Robot, Dog Man) is a psychedelic fantasy adventure – but it’s also the first major Hollywood film
The 19th-Century novel that challenged our fear of the ‘monstrous’ whale
The US east coastal town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where Moby Dick begins, became the whaling capital and earned its nickname, “The City That Lit the