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Drive to Survive is one of the streamer’s most successful shows.
Thierry Mugler’s extreme contours and lines have been said to empower rather than objectify women.
Being unable to agree on a united national memorial shows just how disunited Wales had been.
For over seven decades, Ono’s radical ideas have contributed to powerful social ideas such as peace, freedom, equality and democracy.
Few know Warhol started out designing quirky printed fabrics, but they reveal the origins of his iconic style.
Has Jeff Koons’ latest high-profile stunt just proved that space is the new frontier for art?
Jane Harris eschewed the fashionable 1990s London art scene and retreated to rural France where she experimented quietly with shape and colour.
Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.
A group of determined women founded the RSPB, but they had great support behind the scenes by a little-known Argentinean naturalist.
Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.
Sometimes I feel that after Chernobyl our land is cursed. Hearing about French children watching Mavka in a Parisian cinema, I felt hope.
Since its conception in 2007, Tumblr has developed a reputation for its appeal to marginalised users.
If you fell in love with Dexter and Emma you are sure to do the same with the characters in these funny and moving tales of love.
The bog does not neatly divide traces of the distant and recent past. Archaeology and forensic science still have much to learn from each other.
A thrillingly accurate Stone Age horror, a violent Chilean wester, a sumptuous food romance, a comforting rom-com and a new look at a master painter’s love of fashion.
There are some incredible rare finds on show at this exhibition but it fails to depict a more diverse life in and around Rome’s armies.
The 90s are back and the Body Shop’s values align with Gen Z in so many ways. It could be a perfect match
Wim Wenders’ latest film invites viewers to reflect on their ageing bodies.
Art critics are wrong to discount what we can learn about the master painter from how he engaged with fashion and the fashionable.
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
It Happened One Night is one of only three films to nab the Oscar “big five”, winning prizes for best actor, actress, adapted screenplay, director and picture.
The marking of queer history and contribution is often absent from cities, but efforts are growing to include the stories of underrepresented LGBT communities.
As The Settlers reminds us, films have often played a crucial role in helping establish and disseminate colonial mythologies.
The bombardment of Gaza is reported to have damaged more than 100 historic sites and destroyed 69,700 homes.