Helping make jokes racist again?
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Rowan Atkinson was part of a new wave of comedians who pushed racist comedy to the margins. So why is he defending Boris Johnson now?
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Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’, was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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What turns a seaside resort into something altogether more glamorous? One word can change the fortunes of a whole region.
Turn to the food bank.
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I made a film about people using food banks in the hope that their voices will be heard far and wide.
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More than a quarter of art house movies are never made available in the UK.
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Seasoned readers of US science fiction will have the uncanny feeling of having seen this all before.
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A podcast all about nothing. From the importance of doing nothing to the ill-effects of time spent in solitary confinement and what nothing means in space.
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Probably the most famous ‘Welsh’ word, ‘cwtch’ is the perfect example of a dialect term.
Style icon: Madonna at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2018.
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Happy birthday Ms Ciccone – you redefine age.
Balaclava ballast.
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What 69-year-old philosopher Hugh MacLachlan made of Russia’s premier protest group.
Harlech Castle, Gwynedd, north Wales.
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Since the 1970s, Wales has been marketed as a footnote to British history.
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Author Sheena Kalayil writes about her global life and why she believes the BAME acronym tells people nothing about her.
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Most people have strong opinions on what makes a song good or bad. But is anyone actually right?
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Virtual assistants are often assumed to be female – perpetuating gendered assumptions in our imagined future.
Scotsman Alex Ferguson: the most successful manager in the history of English football.
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It took a Scotsman to organise a professional football league in England.
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What is it that makes films about sharks so popular?
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Without the scientific knowledge we have today, ancient cultures turned to myths and legends to understand celestial objects.
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Advertising as a life story – this clever campaign branded a Spanish beer with a sense of belonging.
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Research has shown that UKIP polling is driven by media coverage rather than the reverse.
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There is still a place in a sport that remains connected to communities.
Many people have criticised the BBC for inviting alt-right ideologue Steve bannon on to Newsnight.
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Is public discourse in the UK shifting to the right? It certainly seems to be.
Still from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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Is anyone still interested in Monty Python? Surprisingly, yes.
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A great movie that gets some of its history wrong is way better than an accurate film that puts people to sleep.
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Comrade Cheetolino, Mango Mussolini, Agent Orange … just a few of Trump’s fake tan induced nicknames.
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My investigations have generated stunning insights into how the ancient Greeks made music.