Getty ImagesCharles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until his announcement on 14 December 1999 that ill health was forcing him to retire. In History looks at how an unassuming cartoonist built a billion-dollar empire out...
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, a "cultural juggernaut" remarkable for both its scale and intimacy, comes to an end this week. Along the way, it has become the most extraordinary live event of our time – and for...
Joybird(Credit: Joybird)As Pantone's "colour of the year 2025" is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending now – and find out which colours can improve our mood.Deciding on the colour of a room at home is a major...
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)It's been a year of lookalikes – but the lure of the "second self" goes way back to the folklore of the Irish "fetch" and the Nordic "fylgja", and to the writings of Edgar Allen Poe and...
Worn by everyone from pin-ups and "mob wives" to Jackie O and royalty, leopard print has long divided opinion. As the festive season approaches, the bold pattern has clawed its way up to become the party look for now.Once dismissed...
Focus FeaturesWith Bill Skarsgård as the "horrible old vampire", Robert Eggers's remake of FW Murnau's silent 1922 classic stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and has its "share of gruesome shocks".Many people have seen plenty of vampire films, but what if...
Getty ImagesIn December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War. In History examines how the conflict ravaged the land and its people, defined the future of the peninsula, and pushed the...
Searchlight PicturesFrom a steamy age-gap thriller starring Nicole Kidman to a Bob Dylan biopic featuring Timothée Chalamet, these are the films to stream and watch at the cinema this month.DisneyIt was in February 1964 that the US succumbed to Beatlemania....
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)The humble barn jacket, chore coat and donkey jacket have all gone from functional workwear to "It-item". As a trend, is it a betrayal of the garments' US and UK working-class roots – or does it "honour the grit...
Emmanuel Lafont/ Getty ImagesCelebrating the 30th anniversary of his legendary stage production, Matthew Bourne tells the BBC about the show that radically changed ballet with one "big idea".The most iconic dance costume of recent times may be a pair of...
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