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Netflix(Credit: Netflix)Skywalkers, a jaw-dropping Netflix documentary featuring Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, follows the "rooftoppers" as they risk their lives for art atop the world's tallest buildings.A young couple are facing each other in the dawn sunshine. The man moves...

AlamyMake a splash this summer – from luxury vintage to sustainable fabrics, here's our smart guide to swimming in style.It's at this time of year when images of Jane Birkin in a ring-fronted bikini or Brigitte Bardot in her classic...

BBC ArchiveWorld War One broke out on 28 July, 1914. Fifty years later, one of the German soldiers, Stefan Westmann, told the BBC about his experiences fighting in the conflict.World War One broke out on 28 July 1914. To mark...

Getty ImagesWith the release of new, previously unheard live recordings from the BBC, questions remain over Louis Armstrong's complicated and controversial career and persona.More than half a century after the death of Louis Armstrong, fans and critics are still arguing...

Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesDespite a stellar media campaign, the odd-couple buddy team of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman is occasionally wry and entertaining, but the action is "a slog".Deadpool and Wolverine – which might more accurately have been called...

Paris 2024/ Raphael VrietSince 1924, cities hosting the Olympics have created vast areas of purpose-built dwellings to house the athletes. These have increasingly been seen as a vehicle for urban regeneration – but do they really end up serving local...

Getty ImagesFranz Winterhalter's 1837 painting The Decameron captures the 10 aristocrats telling their saucy stories to each other (Credit: Getty Images)Written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 1350s, this collection of stories deals with sexuality in a way that can still...

Lionsgate(Credit: Lionsgate)Including Alien: Romulus, The Crow and the latest from M Night Shyamalan – this month's unmissable movies to watch and stream.Netflix(Credit: Netflix)1. DaughtersDaughters is an acclaimed documentary about the "Date with Dad" program in a Washington DC prison. What...