"Stevie Wonder could write almost any kind of song," music critic and documentary filmmaker Nelson George tells the BBC. "And as part of his mix of songs and melodies, he was always able to create songs about social injustice, particularly...
As we all now know, this alarming chain of events did not end in catastrophe. For all the heightened tension, the story ended up as a light-hearted item at the end of that evening's late news programme, complete with Tom...
Hello around the world While the English language settled on "hello" as its customary greeting, other languages forged their own. Some were influenced by English, others developed independently – yet each carries a distinct cultural flavour, hinting at the social norms...
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The HBO banking drama has just kicked off its fourth series, amid serious hype and with a starrier cast than ever. It's also taking its story – and characters – to chilling new places.Back in 2020, a new drama about...
Ser Duncan is poorly trained, lacks experience and is dressed in little better than rags, with a rope for a swordbelt, but he hopes that if he makes a name for himself at an upcoming tournament in Ashford Meadow, one...
8. Tree Tent by Tree Tents International – Dalarna, Sweden (2016)The giant red bauble suspended from pines at Näsets Marcusgård, a former farm, is not a Christmas decoration but a "tree tent" made of an aluminium and plywood frame, wrapped...
While Christie believed that a book could be polished off in three months, she said that plays were "better written quickly". At the time of the BBC's 1955 profile of Christie, three of her plays were running in London's West...
Success for Wagner Moura, Hamnet and Stellan Skarsgård at the Golden Globes has narrowed the Oscars race and set up a number of intriguing battles to watch.Get ready for Jessie Buckley v Rose Byrne, and Timothée Chalamet v Wagner Moura,...
Although solid facts about Magellan's life are limited, the narrative that often prevails is about his heroism. Diaz's Magellan, on the other hand, takes an unflinching look at what we know about his treatment of his crew members aboard the...
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