Hidden for decades from public view, the artist's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has now sold at auction for a record sum. Why is it so valuable?A mysterious and relatively little-known painting by Gustav Klimt is now the most expensive work...
Grande really gets her moments to shine in this instalment and makes the most of them. She was always ideal in the role, giving Glinda just the right little giggle and hair flip. She has a stronger narrative arc here...
Meanwhile, President Reagan's criminal justice reforms – tougher punishments, expanded law enforcement powers, and increased incarceration – came wrapped in uncompromising rhetoric. ''The American people want their government to get tough and go on the offensive,'' the president said in...
Although Sir Geoffrey had been a close ally of Thatcher in her early years in power, their relationship had soured. When she reshuffled her cabinet in July 1989, he was replaced in his role as foreign secretary by John Major,...
Warner Bros Pictures(Credit: Warner Bros Pictures)One Battle After AnotherHow could you not love a film that has Leonardo DiCaprio running around in a bathrobe, hilariously trying to remember the password that would allow a revolutionary group to save his kidnapped...
Hitherto, K-dramas generally fell into one of two camps: highly-rated series that catered to older viewers but had little impact online, and more niche dramas aimed at younger viewers that thrived through memes and virality. However, Reply 1988 proved to...
And while air pumps had been devised way back in 1650, the spirit of sharing scientific truths democratically was modern. "The dissemination of knowledge," Riding tells the BBC, "was a new thing to the 18th Century."Depictions of modern lifeAnd this...
The 16th-Century aristocrat Jane Boleyn faced explosive accusations: she was blamed for a shocking betrayal of her husband, as well as two of Henry VIII's wives, her sister-in-law Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Was she a "sex-mad" spy, guilty-as-charged –...
On 12 November 1964, the would-be pop star told the BBC that cruelty to hirsute men "just has to stop". It was a cheeky stunt, but it hinted at the unconventional spirit that Bowie carried into a career of fearless...
Getty ImagesGarfield's inauguration ceremony in March 1881; he set out as President with an ambitious agenda (Credit: Getty Images)Makowsky's crucial task was to sift through Millard's detailed dive into the history of the assassination and construct a narrative appealing to...
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