How Superman started out as a radical rebel
All the same, few comic characters were as militant as Superman. In one early issue, he demolishes a row of slum homes in order to
The inside story of the wildest shoot in film history
The harsh conditions were totally alien to most people there. “The crew complained a lot about the heat, humidity, hotel rooms, bugs, mosquitoes,” he says.
The forgotten story behind the most famous side-eye in Hollywood history
Alamy One of show business’s most glamorous – and notorious – images, there’s more to this 1957 snapshot of Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield than
The 1928 song that’s one of the world’s first gay anthems
Getty Images Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey’s sensational Prove It on Me Blues is a landmark
The Scandi homeware style that Swedish people love
Courtesy of Svenskt Tenn archive Scandinavian interior style is not all about pared-back, minimalist living and functional, identikit furniture. Here’s why the century-old Svenskt Tenn
The 12 best books of 2025 so far
Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker Bloomsbury, Knopf, Penguin Random House From multigenerational family sagas to speculative dystopias – the very best fiction of the year
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