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Wicked author Gregory Maguire on the real meaning of the story that captivated the world
By Vidya Saras
Universal PicturesBefore it was a Hollywood blockbuster it was a megahit musical, and before that it was a 1995 novel.…
The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024/ Royal Collection TrustRaphael’s The Three Graces (c1517-18) (Credit: The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024/…
AlamyFirst released in November 1969, Ken Loach’s social-realist tale of a boy who adopts a kestrel still resonates and has…
AlamyIshirō Honda’s momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message…
John Brett, 1856. Photo: TateA new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers…
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, the English writer Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked readers with…
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)The UK publication of DH Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, gripped the nation in 1960. In History…
Christie’s ImagesA new exhibition charts how Claude Monet’s revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would “irreversibly alter how London saw…
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)They emerged from 1960s Detroit with an explosive sound that paved the way for punk. As a new LP…
How James Cameron’s ‘science-fiction slasher film’ predicted our fears about AI, 40 years ago
By Vidya Saras
AlamyStarring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it “helps…