Literature’s greatest fashion disasters – BBC Culture
Much of the pain and deflation detailed here by Woolf lies in the gulf between the private pleasure of a garment and its public reception. How many of us have … Read More
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The Goa Culture Crossword | The Heritage Lab
The Goan identity is largely a confluence of cultures -a result of exchanges between people of diverse origins over centuries. This week, our Sunday crossword spotlights the much loved travel-destination … Read More
The ultimate island hideaways – BBC Culture
designed | Architecture The ultimate island hideaways (Image credit: Bowen island/ Ema Peter) From palatial pads to simple shelters, why island living is the perfect escape. Clare Dowdy explores the isolated joy … Read More
The end of Ellen’s show signifies how celebrity culture has shifted | Ellen DeGeneres
After 17 years as a staple of daytime television, Ellen DeGeneres is ending her eponymous talkshow. The host, 63, revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the show’s current 18th season, … Read More
Springfield Elementary to St Trinian’s: the best fictional high schools | Culture
Springfield Elementary SchoolThe Simpsons No matter how much changes in an individual episode of Matt Groening’s animated juggernaut, everything remains the same at Springfield Elementary. This educational Neverland forever acts … Read More
From Watership Down to Sexy Beast: the best rabbits in pop culture | Culture
What would be the opposite of the gift-dispensing Easter bunny? How about a kleptomaniac who repeatedly targets his neighbour’s vegetable patch? Peter and his fellow Beatrix Potter creations have been … Read More
People are wary of pandemic art – but it will help us process the trauma of the time | Culture
I’ve been thinking a lot about David Wojnarowicz’s jacket, worn to a 1988 protest a year after the artist’s HIV diagnosis. Emblazoned on the back over the subverted pink triangle … Read More
‘We needed to rescue the nation from despair’: culture’s year of Covid | Culture
‘Normally we’re a team of 120. Now we were seven’ Alex Jones, presenter, The One Show Within days of Covid coming along, we had to totally adapt our way of … Read More