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Researchers visited the remote Kalash valleys to investigate how the concept of ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ music differs across cultures.
Fiction can influence society in dramatic and effective ways.
Storylines warning of the dangers of alcoholism had more of a lasting effect than more formal health education.
It might seem a daunting task, but the trick is to not start reading from the beginning.
By the standards of the day, Ulysses was extremely sexually explicit.
An ode to his hero Homer? The act of a man losing his sight? What is the story behind the famous Ulysses blue.
It’s the year of the tiger and families will gather to share in sticky rice cakes and dumplings hoping to start the lunar new year off right.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics, an expert looks at the how more sportswomen are going professional, and what obstacles they face.
Certain letters appear more frequently in words so starting with this one increases your chances of getting more correct letters on your first go.
Anyone involved in the creation of a song is a songwriter.
A 12th century sighting of ball lightning has been discovered in a medieval monk’s chronicle.
While the main cast is autistic, the Amazon Prime show still relies on dangerous tropes.
What we can learn from squatters, climate protestors and desert hippies.
Despite arguments that young children have enjoyed Jane Eyre for 150 years, the Victorians were much more concerned about the novel’s influence than universities are today.
Hits like Bat of Hell and I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t do That) characterise a career of risk-taking and genre-bending that also saw some spectacular lows.
Queen Elizabeth II is not the first British monarch to inspire a pudding.
Women were not really present during the signing of the Four Powers Agreement but they were at home in parliament. Film often demand sexy more sympathetic female characters
First uttered by Oliver Cromwell, the words David Davis used to ask Boris Johnson to step down have a storied past.
During pilgrimage walks, people often observe and appreciate simple things more keenly, feel the spiritual connection with their surroundings and gain new, enriching life perspectives.
The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup ushered in a new age for media coverage of women’s sport. A new survey of fans shows that while many men feel threatened, a growing number are on board.
What could the British public lose when the BBC licence is pulled?
Archives are working had to document stories from Protestants, Catholics, Nationalists, Unionists and even the British Forces.
Jacqueline Wilson is reinventing a Enid Blyton’s classic, but can new authors do justice to old favourites?
In an era before clinical trials, medical writers drew on the stories of explorers as evidence about the health effects of different foods and drinks.