The mysterious murder of ‘God’s Banker’
Getty Images Forty-three years ago this week, the BBC reported on the death of Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker whose body was found in strange
Who was the real Andy Warhol?
Getty Images With his famous wig and shades, Warhol cultivated a mysterious, enigmatic persona. Now a new exhibition with unprecedented access reveals the man behind
How being alone can make you happier
SHK/ Hamburger Kunsthalle/ bpk. Photo: Elke Walford From spending time by yourself to making the most of being single, flying solo can be fulfilling –
The remarkable all-female flying team that helped defeat the Nazis – with wooden planes
Andrei Linde (Credit: Andrei Linde) A new episode of the BBC’s History’s Secret Heroes podcast focuses on the Night Witches, a group of Russian female
How high-rise forests can transform city life – and make us happier
Eindhoven, Netherlands/ Stefano Boeri Architetti It’s been 10 years since the creation of the first vertical forest, Milan’s Bosco Verticale. How has it inspired other
Clinton on being president and his new thriller
BBC Former US President Bill Clinton and best-selling author James Patterson sat down with the BBC to discuss how real life informed their new political
How And Just Like That… gave us one of TV’s most bizarre fashion moments ever
Getty Images From Sex and the City to its sequel, heroine Carrie Bradshaw has always pushed the boat out with her fashion. But her latest
How Hillary and Tenzing survived the ‘death zone’ to conquer Everest
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) To reach Everest’s summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a
Succession creator’s nightmare vision of a world run by billionaire tech bros
Fred Hayes/ HBO (Credit: Fred Hayes/ HBO) Succession showrunner Jesse Armstrong’s dystopian feature film debut, premiering on HBO, has “timely resonance” in this “high-tech moment”.
This outlandish horror about an Aids-like epidemic is a ‘disorientating, maddening whirlwind’
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival After winning the Palme d’Or for the shocking Titane, out-there French director Julia Ducournau is back at Cannes with another