Battling shortages and rising food and fuel prices, housewives played a vital part in Britain’s first experience of ‘total war’.
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Thanks to the 19th-century obsession with plaster casts of artefacts, Dundee began a relationship with London’s V&A long ago.
Dylan Thomas’s early short stories were shocking, obscene, and a sign of things to come
Eight decades on, the thought of the state encouraging people to attack groups of citizens is hard to believe. Here are some books that might help.
Red or white, it doesn’t matter what colour your poppy is if you respect the sacrifice it represents.
Dancing, drumming, visiting galleries and so on are one of the best ways of enhancing public health.
The Treaty of Versailles is often named as the main cause of World War II. But this is an overly simple explanation.
It’s beautiful, clever and moving. But Peter Jackson’s use of colour and added sound essentially fictionalises this account of life in the trenches.
Dead at 25, a week before World War I ended, Owen summed up the conflict’s waste and futility.
The latest fairy tale movie from Disney has a dark twist, so it’s right on trend.
A new exhibition captures the moment when Germany started to rebuild her national pride, in the Himalayan mountains.
Here are some treats you don’t have to ring Halloween doorbells for.
No matter the time of the year, it’s always open season on veganism.
Ever wondered why curry is named after a pop singer from post-war Belfast? So have we.
Tapping into ancient knowledge can help us feel connected to our ancestors – but that doesn’t mean we should take their advice.
How Romans overcame their fear of witches by finding them funny.
This year’s London Film Festival presented a contemporary view of China rarely seen in European cinema.
Bombarding people with scientific information has little effect. Something else is needed to jolt us out of our current climate trajectory.
Four spine chillers and a slapstick zombie comedy film to get you back out from behind the sofa.
Practical advice from an expert about lighting, decoration and furnishings.
So often used to condemn women through history, feminism is reclaiming the word ‘witch’ in the 21st century. Some men also want to get in on the act.
The story of how Mary Shelley dreamed up Frankenstein is famous. Less well-known, however, is the reading material that inspired her to write.
Behind the wordless language of the jazz greats.
Our love affair with the chair has horrible consequences.
Frankenstein might look like fantasy to modern eyes, but to its author and original readers there was nothing fantastic about it.