Inside Out(Credit: Inside Out)The pop star has returned with a bombastic new song, the first single from her upcoming sixth album, harking back to her origins. But it also chimes with the current musical landscape.As a general rule, great pop...
Focus FeaturesBased on a bestselling novel by Robert Harris, the Oscar-tipped film imagines what goes on behind the scenes of the secretive process – complete with scheming, smearing and leaking.As rival factions of cardinals manoeuvre to elect the next pope,...
BBC(Credit: BBC)Ever since his 1988 debut The Swimming-Pool Library caused a stir, Hollinghurst has captured the hedonism of affluent gay men with both candour and literary elegance."He looks battered, but is smiling, / like an old seaman, nearly at rest....
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)The Last Man on Earth is one of the earliest films in history to feature a female president of the US. It set the tone for the films and shows that came next.One hundred years ago, a woman was...
Robyn LeaWhen fashion people pour their creativity into their homes, the results can be tactile interiors that visitors may wish they could wear. "You walk into those spaces and it just blows your mind," Australian photographer, author and director Robyn...
Christie’s ImagesA new exhibition charts how Claude Monet's revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would "irreversibly alter how London saw itself".Some artists help us perceive the world more precisely. A rare few go further. They look beyond looking. Theirs is...
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)They emerged from 1960s Detroit with an explosive sound that paved the way for punk. As a new LP is released, those who knew them explain how they changed the shape of music forever.Detroit has a staggeringly rich history...
AlamyStarring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it "helps and hinders" our understanding of AI.In one episode of the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley, Thomas Middleditch (Richard Hendricks) is explaining...
Penguin Random House(Credit: Penguin Random House)Winston Churchill's aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered "the greatest courtesan of her era". Decades after her death, she still divides opinion – was she a smart power player – or "shameless" and...
Emmanuel LafontDisney's stage version of their hit film is an unmatched global phenomenon. Twenty-seven years on from its premiere, its director discusses why it was a big risk that paid off 10 billion-fold.The Lion King musical is a beast of...
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