In an act of ‘mummy-shaming’ to rival anything today’s internet has to offer, Queen Victoria is thought to have named a cow in the royal dairy after her daughter, who had decided to breastfeed.
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The climate strikes have allowed young people to seize the narrative on climate change. Here’s how the media should empower them.
As early as the 1860s the twin diseases of modernity – overwork and sleeplessness – became the focus of cultural anxieties.
Our responsibility to consider how the future might look for generations to come requires imagination.
Was The Sun’s story about England’s Ashes hero an invasion of privacy?
Authorities are struggling to deal with the unimaginable scale of online abuse – and young people are suffering as a result.
What started as a showcase for America’s drag queens is fast becoming a global sensation.
An obscure Russian prince lays claim to being the first person to announce that humanity may destroy itself through its own technological advancement.
Humans did not always see themselves as he separate from the natural world. If we are to reverse its decline, we must re-entangle ourselves with it.
Land of Hope and Glory seems somehow inappropriate given the current state of British politics.
There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
The author has returned to Gilead, 35 years after the original novel was published.
Bruce Springsteen is The Boss, Aristotle is The Philosopher. And they have a great deal in common, if you know where to look.
The Spanish director’s new film is a mischievously autobiographical commentary on the healing powers of art.
When we look at art we may not all see the same thing. It all depends on what happens in our brains.
The political class is tearing itself to pieces, and journalists are making sure we can read all about it. But beyond Westminster, why would people care about things they can do nothing about?
The Kindertransport saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis before World War II. But planned reforms to UK asylum policy are putting refugee children at risk.
Gaming the system risks destroying the credibility of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.
A close look at 15 years of the popular dance competition shows that people dancing last have a distinct advantage.
Finding your creative space with meaning.
The Hollywood actor’s controversial role in a perfume ad has drawn criticism for ‘cultural appropriation’. But it’s not as simple as that.
If sci-fi films mirror the world’s contemporary dystopian anxieties, then over the years Star Wars has gone from nuclear war to environmental collapse.
Some animals, like rats, learn linguistic patterns better than humans can.
It’s great that toy companies are celebrating diverse role models, but children could be taught so much more in their write ups of their stories.