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Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)As the Oscars approach, Kate Young – the stylist who dresses Scarlett Johansson, Dakota Johnson, Margot Robbie and others – talks risk taking, intimacy, and why method dressing drives her "nuts".On...

Netflix(Credit: Netflix)A new Netflix miniseries tells the story of an Australian influencer who lied about having a terminal illness to promote alternative therapies. A decade on, it remains a warning.Back in 2013, a remarkable, against-all-odds story of survival hit the...

Library of Congress(Credit: Library of Congress)Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press.During last month's US presidential inauguration,...

BBCVladimir Syromiatnikov's bold attempts to light up Siberia with a space mirror captured global attention. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an ambitious experiment that was launched on 4 February 1993.It sounds like a scheme a James Bond villain might...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)The unearthing of inflammatory social media remarks by the actress about subjects including George Floyd, Islam and the Oscars itself has caused a storm – and may threaten the film's overall chances at this year's Academy Awards.Karla...

Marvel(Credit: Marvel)From Captain America: Brave New World to Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, these are the films to stream and watch at the cinema this month.Paradise Pictures(Credit: Paradise Pictures)Becoming Led ZeppelinThere are plenty of films about The Beatles, but...

AlamyAusten is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part because of an act that infuriates many to this day.In early January 1796, 20-year-old Jane Austen wrote...

Munchmuseet/ Halvor BjorngardWinter isn't all bad – these "sublime" landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the 20th Century offer us a way into resilience – and an "acceptance of the seasonality of life".With its bare trees, long...

NetflixFrom the return of HBO's holiday-resort satire to a political thriller starring Robert De Niro and the latest violent period drama from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight.BBC/ Bonnie Productions/ Masterpiece/ Robert Viglasky1. Miss Austen After Jane Austen died, in 1817,...

Getty ImagesThe Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to survive there simply because the camp orchestra needed a cello player.Now aged 99, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is the...