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A photo beamed via a satellite from a smartphone is never the same as the description of a place the lover must try hard to imagine.
A poem about birds meeting in February to pick their mates is the first known example of Valentine’s day being connected with love.
The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
We are told that Magic Mike’s show is a “zombie apocalypse of repressed desire”, yet we don’t hear from the “zombies” themselves.
Not all writing about the soulmate is positive – an expert in the philosophy of love explains the concept’s thorny history.
To maintain its competitive edge, the owners of Dungeons & Dragons are proposing changes to the ownership of the game’s intellectual property and the way it makes money.
Lies that spiral out of control feature in both farce and ‘dramedy’ - but the latter deals with more serious issues.
The composer of hits including The Look of Love and What’s New Pussycat? has an impressive back catalogue.
February 11 marks 60 years since Sylvia Plath’s death. Plath remains one of the great poets of depression, but also wrote on motherhood.
Women Talking is a meditation on how we tell stories of rape and a thoughtful exploration of how films can be made.
In choosing to centre her drama on a middle-aged woman Sally Wainwright drew the extraordinary from the ordinary. Two experts in her work explain the brilliance of the Happy Valley final.
She doesn’t have the most streams or biggest sales figures but she does have a die-hard fan base.
Sylvia Plath left behind a complicated legacy. Contemporary writers influenced by her work must juggle inspiration with some problematic imagery – as a poetry expert explains.
In their new video, Sam Smith celebrates their sexuality unapologetically like many other mass market pop stars. So why the backlash? An expert explains.
The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
Egyptians believed gold was the colour of the gods and gilding the dead expressed the idea that they acquired divine qualities in the afterlife.
The queer fat man’s body at the heart of The Whale is an image sorely lacking from the screen – as an expert in men and masculinity on film explains.
There have been several failed attempts to dilute government influence over the BBC chair.
There is a lot to parody about psychiatry but this show falls short on many fronts.
A BBC Wales investigation reported claims of a ‘toxic culture’ of sexism and misogyny within Welsh rugby’s governing body.
Facebook and Instagram were recently told by their parent company, Meta, to overhaul their policy on nipple exposure. But the change may not be as radical as people hope. Here’s why.
Welsh place names often reflect local legends, fauna and topography. The coining of English names to replace them has sparked an ongoing campaign to protect them.
In purchasing iconic items previously owned by other celebrities, Kim Kardashian is negotiating her own place in the celebrity sphere.
Justin Bieber will no longer own the rights to music he created before 2022 – a legal expert explains why he made the decision, and why he may go on to regret it.