How Vladimir Putin turned Orwell’s 1984 into a reality
In Russia, Ukraine is run by ‘fascists’ and Orwell was describing the West. But a few Winston Smiths are using the great novel to fight back
In Russia, Ukraine is run by ‘fascists’ and Orwell was describing the West. But a few Winston Smiths are using the great novel to fight back
Stephen Nolan's podcast about the influence of the LGBTQ+ lobbying group on the BBC was witty and fearless – it deserves a wider audience
Since 1856, the composer's death has been endlessly debated. But was his mind ravaged by an STI – or something more strange?
James Fox, Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig talk about their roles in Joseph Losey's controversial masterpiece as it gets a cinematic rerelease
The Frightened City, re-released this week, is a portrait of seedy Sixties London – and one of Britain's finest gangster films
Cannibalism, incest and necrophilia – in the Brothers Grimm originals, 'consent' is really the least of Snow White's problems
The Hollywood institution has long been the scene of illicit affairs, wild parties and strange ending. But are its glory days over?
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The rocker's tell-all manuscript will likely never emerge as he found the process 'dull'. But the book would have been anything but
They run on ‘chaos’ and their enemies include Mark Zuckerberg – but as the provocateurs draw fire from Nike, have they gone too far?
Jo Willett's biography tells how the aristocratic female adventurer brought smallpox inoculation to this country from Turkey in 1721
The director of a new documentary series on Britain’s wartime leader explains how they balanced current attitudes and historical rigour
From the Avengers movies to Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Aaron Toney is the unsung hero of Marvel. And he has the broken bones to prove it
As chaplain to king and Commons, Alan Don had a ringside seat to the abdication – yet rather than juicy gossip he gives us accidental laughs
Tito's Secret Empire reveals how he ran a far-flung network of Communist agents – while enjoying huge subsidies from America
Zack Snyder’s superhero smash-up isn’t the first film to bomb on release, then be revived. Will the re-release lay its demons to rest?
It's where Pink Floyd fans wrestled an octopus, and a topless dancer supported Vera Lynn. Now the Crystal Palace Bowl is making a comeback
A powerful new documentary shows the award-winning singer struggling to complete a world tour while looking after her one-year-old daughter
In the last of the series our theatre critic predicts a flourishing of creativity, but warns against censorious group think
Linda Colley's The Gun, the Ship and the Pen brilliantly upends the history of state-making – and reveals those whom constitutions forget