Shakespeare often portrayed crises of legitimacy and reflected on the politics of his day but the Tories might not fare so well in a modern production.
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The battle for the Iron throne throws up all sorts of leaders that each has different leadership styles.
Flickering light can make people see different colours and shapes or feel altered emotions or sense of time.
Retailers run the risk of cultural appropriation when they commodify festivals from minority groups without acknowledging the religious context.
Strictly continues its work in busting norms in who can or should dance – and who they can dance with.
Stephen Frears’ film is adding to the furore surrounding Richard III, England’s most controversial king. New research examines what prompts such ferocious debate.
In a strong field of diverse artists, the north London rapper stood out with her exuberant, personal-political, genre-busting album.
A talented comedian and serious dramatic actor with a gift for accents, Robbie Coltrane is a huge loss to TV and screen.
It might be provocative but this sort of direct action is important.
Examining the data from prize-winning Booker novels over the last 20 years yields some interesting results.
From her role as sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote to originating some of the most famous roles on the stage, Lansbury’s career was impressive and expansive.
A new film about the author mixes biography with mythology and some dramatic reinvention.
They come and go, hoping to attract locals and tourists but are pop-up attractions any good?
The title was last held by a Welshman in the 1400s.
The history of breastfeeding reveals uncomfortable truths about women, work and money.
A book that took ten years to make became the oldest surviving version of the Gospels in English.
A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown
The French writer has won the Nobel for literature for her ascetic approach to writing and fearlessness in covering the personal and taboo.
Tiny drawings, such as knights riding snails, and random lines and squiggles were common in medieval books.
Evidence-based tips from an economist and a behavioural scientist.
Scotland needs to facilitate referendum debate which doesn’t rely on misinformation, half-truths and personality-led rhetoric fed by a toxic social media environment.
A newcomer to the Artificial Intelligence art market, Stable Diffusion, can create images almost indistinguishable from human artwork.
Waiting in line to see the Queen lying in state resonates with other contemporary, post-secular forms of pilgrimage.
For centuries fragments of one of the most important documents about early English theatre have been scattered around the world.
A short guide to the Wolf Hall author’s remarkably varied back catalogue.