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Often sneered at for its avocado bathrooms and flared trousers, the styles and tastes of the 1970s are worth reconsidering for other reasons.
Stan Lee deserves his place in the pantheon of great pop culture architects, but his Marvel characters did more than just entertain – they actively fought against prejudice.
Horse racing can be at thrill for punters and jockeys alike. But sex discrimination could be skewing the odds.
Medieval manuscripts are littered with images of cats – sharing their owner’s dinner, keeping them company, and even cosplaying as nuns.
Hancock isn’t the first politician to attempt redemption through memoir.
Most of us enjoy chocolate this time of year, but how many of us appreciate its historical roots and significance?
Ongoing excavations in northern Iraq add to our knowledge of the neo-Assyrian empire – and the beauty of its cities.
A round up of some fascinating art tomes published this year, with a strong showing on women artists.
While you enjoy a hot chocolate and a spin on the teacups, take a moment to thank the frost fairs of our ancestors for starting a beloved Christmas tradition.
25 years on from the release of James Cameron’s epic, Titanic, a film expert reflects on how the late-Nineties blockbuster explored the anxieties of the new Millennium.
You’ll likely spot a hanukkiah, which has become a shortcut to identify Jewishness.
An expert’s tips for understanding social pitfalls and how to navigate them during a tense time of year.
As the new series of Emily in Paris drops, an expert in cultural depictions of the city asks – where are all the Parisians?
Their line up of black and white musicians was a mission statement for a fractured nation, while Hall’s doleful vocals starkly illustrated the politics of disillusionment.
Should he stay or should he go now?
Spotify Wrapped bills itself as a playful musical year in review – but for its users, its omnipresence on social media can inspire more negative feelings.
Some of our favourite Christmas treats date back to the Victorians.
We are unsurprisingly attracted to the familiar.
In its third and concluding season, His Dark Materials grapples with ideas poorly suited to small screen adaptation – but comes out swinging.
An expert in the lives and works Brontës argues that it’s time for a radical change in the way we think about Emily Brontë’s death.
Racism aside, many of the difficulties they face are shared by all the royal families of Europe.
It’s riddled with cliches and a dislike of a certain type of “Americaness”.
The jewellery and human remains discovered at a recent excavation in Northamptonshire shed light on the elite position of some newly-Christian women in seventh century England.
Many people gathered and slept in a shared warm space in medieval times.