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How Ru Paul’s Drag Race turned an underground anti-capitalist art form into a lucrative multifaceted mainstream industry
Press secretary George Steward had clandestine meetings with Nazi officials as he worked for appeasement with Germany before the second world war.
New York’s Guggenheim Museum has acquired Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian but how can you value and own a banana and some tape?
A battle is raging between distributors with expensive blockbusters and cinemas with empty seats.
Voters are told little about policy issues as journalists focus on the ‘contest’.
From reading more to re-reading safe favourites, there are early signs that the COVID-19 has influenced how and what we are reading.
The pope’s message also highlights Brexit, racism and inequality as ‘dark clouds over a closed world’.
Leaks in the press about the prime minister’s preferred candidates for two of the most senior roles in British broadcasting are a deliberate and dangerous tactic.
Folklore isn’t a whimsical fancy - it’s happening all around us all the time.
How walking side by side can help to resolve conflict and improve people’s sense of connection with others.
Kate Bush follows Joan Armatrading as the second female singer-songwriter to receive this honour in 2020.
Live music venues must be helped to survive the COVID-19 era.
Becoming aware of your own mortality can be a liberating and awakening experience.
His name has become a byword for deviancy and sexual cruelty. But Sade has also provided creative inspiration for generations of writers and artists.
Sports diplomacy has eased relationships between nations before – here’s how it could help Israel, Bahrain and the UAE as they enter into new peace accords.
Cycling remains a leading example of athletes sacrificing their bodies for sporting glory.
Recreating the Mayflower and its crew and passengers from a few vague accounts took a lot of technical know-how.
Puritans were often depicted as fools until they had a shot at government, and then the humour got darker.
From run by gangster and drug-ridden to a place of sexual freedom and opportunity, a spate of new screen productions are rehabilitating Dublin’s image.
When a shipload of puritan colonisers set sail for the New World, maritime science and navigation were fairly unsophisticated.
Likely survival rates for these men were judged to be as low as 12 days, which may be why OBs were sometimes referred to as ‘Suicide Bunkers’.
Puritan leaders argued vehemently for a church to be free of any higher authority – which caused problems in England and the new world.
Complaints stated that family shows like Britain’s Got Talent shouldn’t be political. However, the problem is much more complex and sinister than simple politics
Until the 1600s, Spain, France and Portugal were much bigger players in the settlement of the New World.