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Once something bound up with other people, more recently ‘happiness’ is seen as something very individual. Has our dependence on each other during lockdown changed our sense of where happiness lies?
As it faced imminent Nazi invasion, Britain needed heroes. The RAF provided one ready made: a fighter pilot with no legs.
Could spending money on goods and produced in the UK help bolster the crumbling economy?
Despite the pandemic, Shanghai’s Pride month went ahead this year, a sign of China’s growing acceptance of its LGBTQ communities.
The theatre industry is facing an existential crisis and government action is urgently needed to ensure its survival.
Streaming has made theatre more accessible to a wider audience. However, it needs to be monetised and shouldn’t take the place of live theatre, which is in dire need of funding.
A survey of 1,268 people has found that the BBC is popular across all age groups. But all media needs to pay more attention to devolved and local news.
Understanding the different types of visitors and how they navigate museums can help these institutions reopen safely.
The polarisation of today’s political discourse has echoes of the intolerance that characterised the Puritan era and the French Revolution.
The performing arts sector will need to change after the pandemic. This new venture is a glimpse of how it might look.
It may have a diverse cast but it erases the Black and Indigenous people who were there in the room and relegates women to the sidelines.
Bursting with bubblegum Scandi-pop, this glitzy, sequinned melodrama might just be the thing to fill that discoball-shaped hole left by this year’s cancelled Eurovision.
The traditional English pub where customers stand at the bar to be served is actually a fairly modern addition.
He’ll never walk alone.
New research shows that journalists tend to only resist government interference when they fear it will seriously damage their career prospects’.
In medieval times natural phenomena, such as comets and eclipses, were regarded as portents of natural disasters, including plagues.
Cultural institutions are puzzling out to to make their buildings exciting and safe at the same time.
Advertising often contains secondary messaging reflecting colonial-era thinking.
Dark tourism can help shine a commemorative light on the pandemic that has gripped society.
The former national security adviser seems likely to be sued and could face criminal liability.
Religious imagery has traditionally been a popular vehicle for artistic expression, providing comfort during conflict.
How the Manchester United and England star gave the UK government a lesson in the power of moral leadership.
Archaeologists working with museums in Iraq have protected more than 270,000 artefacts using SmartWater liquid technology.
How one filmmaker is trying to capture the visceral experience of an abusive relationship to foster understanding and empathy, and prevent further abuse.