Six books to help understand the US and its politics
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Bella Freud on ‘frock consciousness’ and her new podcast
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images) With her intimate new podcast,
Doris Day and Rock Hudson on Pillow Talk, the risqué romcom
Getty Images Released in this week in 1959, Pillow Talk challenged Hollywood’s conservative morality, cleverly navigating restrictions on how bedroom
Why Gang of Four’s Entertainment! was the most blistering debut album of all time
Andrew Corrigan (Credit: Andrew Corrigan) The British post-punk band’s 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive
10 of the best films about US presidential elections
Yun Sun Park/ BBC/ Alamy The tension is building in the race for the White House – and that tension
Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman’s best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies
Wuthering Heights: Hollywood’s worst casting decisions
Getty Images The news that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are starring in Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë’s romance
Eight strange and poignant images of pet cemeteries
Paul Koudounaris A new photography book explores the practice of memorialising beloved beasts, from a performing elephant in Las Vegas
Cindy Crawford on beauty and ‘age maintenance’
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images) As fashion month continues, the trailblazing supermodel talks 90s
Iranian-born American author Navid Sinaki explores forbidden gay love in 'Medusa of the Roses'
Navid Sinaki speaks to Dheepthika Laurent on arts24 about how much of his own story is echoed in his novel