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Novelist Emily Bernhard Jackson has identified an important gap in contemporary crime fiction: middle-aged women detectives.
A growing interest in plastic surgery reflects growing ideas that ‘fixing’ your body will fix your life.
Pineapple and celery were the precursors of today’s obsession with kale and avocado toast.
Memoirs of the morning after: because literature tells us the hangover is about so much more than physical symptoms.
The latest version of the Gothic vampire chiller is brought to you with the trademark humour of writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
For so many people, Christmas movies are a link with a happy and safe childhood home.
The Viking world was as much populated by missionary kings, bishops and saints as it was by raiders, gods and giants.
Founded on Christmas Day 1119 and disbanded in 1307, this religious order has been misunderstood ever since.
‘Solidarity tourism’ has made Christmas a very busy time of year in Palestine.
The pagans paved the way for our modern festivities.
A UN aid worker turned his experiences in war-torn Sri Lanka into a graphic novel.
The “card scene” from the much-loved Christmas film was parodied by both parties. Boris’ use of it of it showed a keen awareness of the allure of an awkward British bad boy
We have an innate desire to be reminded of darkness and mortality during the festive season.
More people than ever are choosing to learn Gaelic, but Scotland needs a strategy to ensure they are using the language in their everyday lives.
In a surprising twist, Frozen 2 tackles the complicated issue of warped colonial narratives and the case for repatriation. A worthy feat, but how well does Disney pull it off?
Books have always made great Christmas gifts. But what makes them so special, aside from their being so easy to wrap?
These seven cli-fi novels will get you fired up for action.
Gwerful Mechain was a medieval woman with a modern sensibility and her whip-smart poetry is just as rude, crude and powerful today
The first world war drama is the latest feature film to claim to be a single continuous take. This list takes a look at those films that have tried and achieved the ‘oner’ before.
To cancel or not to cancel? As the debate inevitably rages on, here are two extra perspectives to help add some nuance to the debate
We may think tattooing is a modern phenomenon, but the reasons for its popularity are not dissimilar to those seen in the prisons and convict ships of the Victorian era.
Ads depicting mothers in the UK and Australia between 1950 and 2010 continue to limit maternal knowledge to the domestic sphere and reinforce gender stereotypes of ‘professional’ expertise
At the heart of the debate is that most fundamental question: what does it mean to be human?
The BBC is looking exposed after a campaign in which it has taken fire from all sides.