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Dr Albert Hoffman discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943 Source link...

From a touching sci-fi blockbuster to a wilfully provocative comedy-drama Source link...

In the 1930s, detailed X-ray analyses of the painting were undertaken and the unicorn discovered and restored. Later, in the 1950s, decades after every trace of the Saint Catherine disguise had been removed from the portrait, further radiographic analysis of...

Four years on, the provocative HBO drama is back, with Zendaya, Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney all returning. Unfortunately, though, "it has become a series with very little to say".Of all the twists you might have anticipated for Euphoria's third...

From an outrageous Ryan Murphy body horror to a new Game of Thrones prequel Source link...

Although fewer than 1% of infections led to paralysis, the sheer scale of polio outbreaks meant that large numbers of children still ended up in iron lungs. They might remain encased from the neck down for days, months or even...

And if Woo helped lay the foundations of modern action cinema, Chow was right alongside him, showing what the ideal action hero for these times looked like, both in Woo's own work and other action classics like Ringo Lam's City...

Unexpected violenceTony's shooting is arguably the ultimate example of how The Sopranos' consistently surprised viewers with violence. It follows Ralph Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano) murdering Tracee (Ariel Kiley) in University (s3:6) and Janice Soprano (Aida Turturro) shooting Richie Aprile (David Proval)...

Fallen angels and demi-godsThe debate over what exactly fairies are – fallen angels, demi-gods, the spirits of humans – continues, and some see their antecedents in the likes of Lilith. Possibly of Mesopotamian origin, Lilith was adopted into some Jewish...

The Drama isn't the first film to engage with high-school massacres: notable examples are Gus Van Sant's Elephant (2003) and Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011). The difference here is that Kristoffer Borgli, a Norwegian writer-director, puts...