Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company(Credit: Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company)From the pursuit of happiness to the economy – in the run-up to the election, here are some books...
Apple TVPremiering at the London Film Festival, Steve McQueen's sprawling drama tries to shine new light on what happened, but has "many of the clichés of a traditional period piece".As the director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve...
Andrew Corrigan(Credit: Andrew Corrigan)The British post-punk band's 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive societal observations. As well as inspiring everyone from Kurt Cobain to Frank Ocean, 45 years on, it still speaks powerfully to today's...
Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock(Credit: Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock)From shocking performances to extraordinary costumes, how performance artist and style icon Leigh Bowery, and his fellow "outlaws and fashion renegades", birthed a bizarre creative movement – and blazed a trail of chaos.The 1980s: it...
Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the BBC was there to film the ceremonies – recording a day when "something shifted in human affairs".In 2024 it might...
Niko TavernisFrom Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix pairing up to Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and a Donald Trump biopic, here are the unmissable movies to see this month.Leah Gallo/ NetflixWoman of the HourIn 1978, Rodney Alcala was a...
Netflix(Credit: Netflix)From an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's sex-and-scandal-filled novel to a superhero movie-making satire and the return of Netflix's gripping political drama.Snowed-In Productions(Credit: Snowed-In Productions)1. Joan Sophie Turner, still best known as Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones, stars as the...
AlamyFirst broadcast 30 years ago this week, the hugely popular show Friends became much more than a sitcom – it brought a new way of living into the mainstream.Barely three minutes into the pilot episode of Friends (The One Where...
Emmanuel Lafont(Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)In the 1960s, Barbara Hulanicki disrupted the stuffy, class-ridden view of fashion, and the inclusive Biba lifestyle changed everything. She talks to the BBC about her extraordinary career."Biba attracted troublemakers or people who liked to make trouble,"...
BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO(Credit: BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO)From imagined futures to mid-life stories and the return of the erotic – here are our recommendations for the best offerings of the season in books, film, TV shows and more.Pantheon/...
