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From Jaques Brel to Adele, those who sing of lost love owe a lot to the lyrics of the Romantics.
Women’s sport has made leaps and bounds but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Over numerous letters, Dr Phoebe Rumsey found a great man who understood the pain and joy of “Being Alive”.
Get Back shines a light on the love that still existed between the Fab Four.
Cartoon character Dennis the Menace has had more influence on British society than you might think.
A century ago, early British nudists had to fight for the right to publish naked photos – the similarities with social media today are striking.
A fierce lyricist and sophisticated composer, Sondheim is responsible for some of musical theatre’s most iconic productions.
Scott Lucas, foreign policy expert, and Kambaiz Rafi, political economy researcher, discuss potential developments in Afghanistan under the new Taliban government.
France’s good and great are interred in this crypt.
The British Jewish community celebrate Hanukah in a way that borrows traditions from the US as well as Israel.
Out of everything that Josephine Baker accomplished in her life, her child advocacy work is perhaps the most overlooked.
The media landscape has shifted since the COVID crisis, with new challenges, different restrictions and innovative storytelling approaches emerging.
Beyond just his music, Freddie Mercury’s performances, style, and fluidity influenced both his generation and those that followed.
Babylonians were quite formal in their written records, so working out how to be chatty in their long-dead language was an exciting challenge.
New research shows that literary relatives tend to share a similar writing style.
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
Interfaith, peacebuilding and what can happen when people of different faiths work together.
These ten drawing show the realities of life at the English seaside in 2021.
It may seem odd that we get pleasure from sad songs.
Welcome to an entirely new understanding of the world.
The bard’s plays were not always so readily available. It took a handful of savvy publishers to see the potential in publishing his plays.
On-field demonstrations of remembrance and protest are able to harness potent political power.
Attempting to counter the “soy boy” stereotypes, hyper-masculine influencers could be making harder for men to become vegan.
Twenty years after the release of the first Harry Potter film, does he continue to charm children and adults alike?