- December 6, 2025
Seven of the greatest rivalries in art history
Born just a year apart (Turner in sooty London in 1775, Constable in a serene Suffolk village in 1776), the
The ‘It Girl’ style wars of Renaissance Italy
Her married status didn’t stop brothers Giuliano and Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici fighting over her affections and she was
Why this Indigenous winter scene is not what it seems
Curtis saw his mission as “documenting what he thought of as ‘a dying race’,” Cross tells the BBC. He cropped
The Oscar-tipped Shakespeare drama is moving but ‘manipulative’
The Shakespeare drama starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley has a stellar cast but is “exploitative” and lacks subtlety –
How the Cabbage Patch Kids caused a near-riot in the 1980s
The Little People concept had quickly attracted wider attention well beyond rural Georgia. Babyland even got a mention in the
Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare’s wife and son
Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the “soul-crushing” loss of their
This ’emotionally soaring’ sequel is ‘more captivating’ than the first film
Grande really gets her moments to shine in this instalment and makes the most of them. She was always ideal
10 of the hottest tips for the 2026 Oscars race
Warner Bros Pictures(Credit: Warner Bros Pictures) One Battle After Another How could you not love a film that has Leonardo
Why this 1768 painting could be the real birth of modern art
And while air pumps had been devised way back in 1650, the spirit of sharing scientific truths democratically was modern.
The tragic murder of forgotten US President James Garfield
Getty ImagesGarfield’s inauguration ceremony in March 1881; he set out as President with an ambitious agenda (Credit: Getty Images) Makowsky’s