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A lesser-known artist created the image that summed up an era, writes Kelly Grovier. BBC culture / By Kelly Grovier

BBC CULTURE / By Hanna Flint Joseph Conrad’s classic novella Heart of Darkness – and the film Apocalypse Now – examined colonial brutality. …

FROM AL JADID ARCHIVES Marking the Fifth Anniversary of His Death: Poet Muayyad al-Rawi’s “On Poetry and Childhood,” the Introduction to His Last …

BBC CULTURE / By Lucinda Hawksley The extraordinary story of the legendary beauty Lizzie Siddal is both surprising and tragic, and led to …

With the news that Christopher Nolan’s latest film will be released outside the US in August, will the blockbuster finally give movie-goers what …

BBC future/ / By Chermaine Lee 9th June 2020 Break-ups are never easy, but why do some people fight to win an ex …

Life and death in a Viking battle depended not on military prowess, but on the favour of the valkyries. Why were these mythical …

For his second Netflix show, Ryan Murphy has imagined an alternate post-war Tinseltown in which minorities thrived. Sadly, as drama, it is spineless …

 the Guardian /Rebecca Nicholson She scored a global smash with her TV debut. As the taboo-busting show is green-lit for a return, the …

Times of upheaval are always times of radical change. Some believe the pandemic is a once-in-a-generation chance to remake society and build a …