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Wednesday, Mar 18

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The vital lessons in Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem

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Metamorphoses' ancient tales deal with identity and climate change

Tuesday, Mar 17

13

Has pop icon Keith Haring been 'sanitised'?

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The artist's illustrations are ubiquitous these days – but there may be a cost

Monday, Mar 16

Six reasons why it was the best Oscars in years

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There were exhilarating winners, stunning eulogies, and a party atmosphere

The shocking kidnap of a teenage newspaper heiress

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Patty Hearst was abducted by a revolutionary group - but then she joined it

Friday, Mar 13

Eight of the world's most stunning penthouses

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These sky-high masterworks of design are among the most breathtaking ever built

Thursday, Mar 12

Oscars 2026: Who will win and who should?

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The BBC's expert film critics make their predictions

Wednesday, Mar 11

The homes revealing how Tudor people really lived

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Oscar-tipped Hamnet has shone a light on the era's architecture and interiors

Tuesday, Mar 10

15

Project Hail Mary is 'a mind-stretching sci-fi'

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The space epic stars Ryan Gosling as a solo astronaut trying to save humanity

Monday, Mar 9

12

The suburban spies who sold secrets to the USSR

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The Portland spy ring trial focused on a deceptively ordinary-looking bungalow

Friday, Mar 6

13

Older women are winning more Oscars – here's why

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BBC research shows the average age of best actress nominees is rising

Thursday, Mar 5

12

How the Eagles' Greatest Hits broke the US charts

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The band's unlikely 1976 album became America's all-time bestseller

Wednesday, Mar 4

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! is 'exhilarating'

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Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in a bold film "loaded with surprises"

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The most shocking win in Oscars history

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Twenty years ago, race drama Crash beat Brokeback Mountain to best picture

Tuesday, Mar 3

The tragedy hidden in a 19th-Century painting

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How the devastating meaning of this watercolour is unlocked by a medieval ballad

Sunday, Mar 1

The Churchill speech that launched the Cold War

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In 1946, Britain's wartime leader warned of the Soviet threat to the West

Saturday, Feb 28

The moment Cher wore the ultimate 'revenge' outfit

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In 1986, she was snubbed at the Oscars – she got even with a legendary outfit

Friday, Feb 27

Why Tracey Emin's messy bed shocked the art world

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How a detritus-strewn divan sparked a '90s media frenzy

Thursday, Feb 26

12

10 of the best films to watch in March

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From a big-screen Peaky Blinders to Jessie Buckley in The Bride!

Wednesday, Feb 25

13

Why the Oscars peaked in 1998 - and then slumped

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Titanic won 11 Oscars at the most-watched Academy Awards ceremony ever

Tuesday, Feb 24

12 of the best TV shows to watch this March

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From Nicole Kidman's latest thriller Scarpetta to a new Steve Carell sitcom

Monday, Feb 23

The darkness behind LS Lowry's famous city scenes

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How the British artist's paintings were coloured by his own desolation

Friday, Feb 20

11 of the Winter Olympics' most striking images

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Awe-inspiring photos of athletes – compared to historical artworks

Thursday, Feb 19

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The historic US home that embodied the super-rich

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How the Vanderbilts' 'American chateau' came to encapsulate the Gilded Age

Wednesday, Feb 18

Why critics scorned Beryl Cook's 'saucy' paintings

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The British painter was loved by the public but shunned by the art world

Tuesday, Feb 17

18

Amy Adams is Oscar-worthy in new film At the Sea

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The actress plays an alcoholic reassessing her life in this fearless drama

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10 early photographic 'fakes' that trick the eye

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Long before AI deep fakes, photographers created remarkable image manipulations

Monday, Feb 16

The mystery of stolen champion racehorse Shergar

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When armed men seized him in 1983, the BBC reported on a true crime saga

Sunday, Feb 15

12

A moving, tragic biopic of a tortured jazz great

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Everybody Digs Bill Evans will draw you to the brilliant pianist's music

Saturday, Feb 14

How America's Next Top Model became a horror show

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A new Netflix docuseries looks back at the controversial modelling contest

Friday, Feb 13

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Lord of the Flies is a 'chilling' nightmare

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Adolescence writer Jack Thorne's TV version of the classic novel is a hit