The new game takes liberties with what medieval Baghdad looked like but reveals more about Islamic art and architecture as a result.
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Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.
Passionate, greedy and violent, Michael Gambon was electric as the gangster Albert Spica.
In my experience of university teaching, the title of the course seems to strongly influence the gender balance of the class.
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
Artistic representations of scientific imaging can help illuminate complex ideas and help bring this knowledge to a wider audience.
Britain has lost one of its greatest actors in the Irish-born star who found fame in Dennis Potter’s groundbreaking TV drama The Singing Detective.
Coffy saw Pam Grier as the main propulsive force in a Blaxploitation movie, breaking ground for later female roles such as Ripley in Alien, Sarah Connor in Terminator and Nakia in Black Panther.
The Bloomsbury group’s distaste for formality helped to set the foundations for how we dress today.
If history is to be of any use to those who study it, it ought to help them understand the nature of the country and society they live in.
The most distinctive aspect of Almodóvar’s film, beyond its acknowledgment of same-sex desire, is its focus on mid-life intimacy.
Abramović is the first woman in the Royal Academy of Arts’ history to have a solo retrospective in its main galleries.
The Missing Thread is a careful and honest curation of black identity and displacement.
Within a romcom there has to be miscommunication – and lots of it.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
Rublev, active around 1400 in and near Moscow, was a monk and painter of icons, frescoes and (possibly) manuscripts in the tradition of the Orthodox Church
From her early designs that brought flowing silouhettes into fashion to her iconic evening wear, this is a must-see exhibition for any fan of fashion.
The things that people are able to bring with them often take on a heightened significance, reflective of both their old and new lives.
Newspaper owners used to wield huge political influence – but as Rupert Murdoch steps down for his son Lachlan can the same be said of today’s?
Online reading communities have been around for a while but none of them have captured the attention of readers, publishers and retailers quite like BookTok.
The stylish Oscar Wilde animation has a distinguished cast, including Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Abortion has a long and varied history and remains central to our culture, our lives and even our art.
Dumb Money depicts the real-life GameStop short squeeze that fuelled the ‘meme stock’ trend.
There’s less sex but more exploration as the Moordale crew embark on new adventures in the show’s last season.
Working practices in the TV industry are in dire need of change to stop workplaces from being environments that facilitate abuse and harassment.