- April 28, 2025
How Aldrich Ames became the US’s most damaging double agent
Getty Images Aldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine
10 of the best films of 2025 so far
Nicholas Barber and Caryn James Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) BBC film critics Caryn James and
The ‘anti-Bollywood’ films fighting sexist stereotypes
Altitude Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films
How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but
Coachella looks from Lady Gaga to Sabrina Carpenter – and the costumes that can make or break careers
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Behind the creation of the festival’s most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to
A combat epic that ‘does what film does best’
A24 Alex Garland explored the slide into fractious factionalism in Civil War. Now he turns his gaze towards the ferocity
Why The Great Gatsby is the world’s most misunderstood novel
Alamy The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings
How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) In 1966, the remote Spanish village of Palomares found that the “nuclear age had fallen on them
Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history
Evan Barlow Ken Burns’s upcoming series, The American Revolution, follows works exploring themes including the US and the Holocaust (Credit:
11 of the best TV shows to watch this April
HBO (Credit: HBO) From the return of HBO’s zombie apocalypse thriller to Michelle Williams in a provocative new role. Amazon