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If you think Americans are suckers for conspiracies theories, you ought to hear some of the theories that are popular in Putin’s Russia.
Michael Jackson with Wade Robson, then aged five.
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A documentary film has made disturbing allegations about Michael Jackson and child sexual abuse. Whether true or not the film raised some important issues.
Living in a Barbie world: the 50th anniversary celebrations in Sydney.
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For six decades, young girls have played with Barbie dolls. But she’s changed a bit recently.
Brie Larson as Captain Marvel.
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The film’s release has been timed for IWD, but powerful female action heroes should now be an everyday matter for movie producers.
Bridesmaids: top comedians on top form.
Universal Pictures
The Academy still isn’t recognising women’s filmmaking. But you can.
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Its first new channel since 2003, does this Scottish offering reflect a genuine BBC commitment to 21st century ‘nations and regions’?
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A new look at ancient texts allows for a pivotal perspective on the role of a certain Greek woman.
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An emerging genre of fiction in France is providing an unlikely brand of escapism.
2018 #HearOurVote women’s March in San Francisco.
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English is a language made by men, for men and it reinforces inequality.
Limited contact between the first British Sign Language communities created dialects that are still in use today.
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Half a century of British classic television available online? Sounds good, but will it be enough to take on the Netflix juggernaut?
The mariage burlesque of the Plastic System Band carnival group in Lamentin,
Martinique, 2012.
Charlotte Hammond
The annual Carnival rituals subvert traditional French notions of family and sexuality.
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Forget challenges, adults should be taking a leaf out of children’s books when it comes to their reading habits.
Mukuru, Nairobi.
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How theatre and artwork allowed us to better address severe air pollution.
Dakota Blue Richards as Geraldine and Rufus Hound as Dr Prentice in a Made At Curve production of What the Butler saw, March 2017.
Photograph by Catherine Ashmore
Joe Orton’s final play, a savage parody of social attitudes to sexual coercion, could have been written for the #MeToo generation.
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A close reading of news articles and editorials from 2006 and 2013 shows that UK newspapers have systematically ignored the evidence to influence the public against EU migrants.
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Cwtch, drive and brammer are all commonly thought of as Welsh dialect terms, but they have actually come from all over the world.
BBC WorldWide 2018/Andy Seymour
Gauche and awkward, a media star for the 21st century.
Publicity still for Only Fools and Horses.
www.onlyfoolsmusical.com
John Sullivan, who created Del Boy and Rodney, has been called a modern Dickens – now both their most famous works have been made into musicals.
Words shed light on our world.
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Different languages have different ways of describing the world – and this in turn affects how speakers see the world.
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From speaking out over domestic abuse in medieval times to telling the realities of war, these female poets present a very different version of Welsh life.
A visitor enjoys the art of Banksy exhbition at the Mudec Museum in Milan.
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Banksy’s legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
Is this real life? Kim Kardashian rendered in wax at Madame Tussauds.
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Don’t expect to see any less of the Kardashians. Sorry about that.
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In 91 years, only five women have been nominated as best director and only one has won the award.
Breakdancers perform in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
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With a booming hip hop culture, Paris is the best place to introduce break dancing to the Olympic games.