When the Spanish ambassador to Elizabeth I’s court was implicated in a plot to kill her, he was protected by the fledgling laws of diplomacy.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Arts + Culture – Articles, Analysis, Comment
Displaying 2676 - 2700 of 4842 articles
How funny women are turning to ‘femoir’ to promote female empowerment.
How 4,000-year-old papyrus letters prompted the queen of crime fiction to write Death Comes as the End.
Series two of the award-winning show has now moved beyond the original novel.
The music industry, like all other media, can be censored to some extent. So how does this change its output?
The social structures that once enabled male artists to exploit and abuse women must be cast into the past. But castigating their work to the scrapheap is an act of cultural suicide.
Why this art form is rather more than just biff, bang pow.
How Roko’s Basilisk, a ‘terrifying’ thought experiment, went to the Met Gala.
We’ve never needed Oculus Rift to provide immersive experiences – they’ve been around for as long as we have.
How to prepare pets for the arrival of a new human in the home.
Comics often portray those with dementia as abnormal or less than human.
Researchers analysed 30 years of British pop charts and found a trend towards sadness – but the days of judging music purely on stylistic measures is long gone.
Cannes is not so much a festival for new films and talent as a closed shop for the film industry’s elite.
The lovers’ diaries show how David Pinsent supported Ludwig Wittgenstein through his depression.
From its origin in the early 19th century, lion taming has elicited both awe and horror.
There’s a disturbing disconnect between the polite etiquette of arms fairs and the hell that their products create.
Donald Glover’s music video is a multi-layered political statement which aims to kick its audience out of its complacency.
From Dundee to Dublin, horror spectaculars are springing up like zombies from the dead.
Eurovision Song Contest fandom on social media is giving LGBT issues a global platform.
Go Rihanna!
I read 60 sex advice manuals – here’s what I learnt.
The long and turbulent history of the Nobel Prize for Literature continues.
Six things you can do to control your social media addiction.
Since it was acquired by Trinity Mirror the newspaper has new editor and a completely different attitude towards immigration.
Figurative art may derive from Neanderthal hand prints and the hunter’s keen eye for perceiving animals.