Teletubbies, the children’s TV show documenting the antics of four giant, alien-looking babies with antennae atop their heads and televisions in their tummies, was a runaway hit.
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Thirty years on from its release, Whitney Houston’s recording of I Will Always Love You remains one of the greatest vocal performances of a generation.
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Carolee Schneemann centred her own body in her art.
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Dusty Springfield remains one of pop's most fascinating figures.
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“Nushu is a space that allows women to confide in each other, to be vulnerable with each other, to share our struggles and challenges.”
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Arseny Avraamov incorporated the entire urban landscape into a musical performance, from factory sirens to hydroplanes.
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The success of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? led to a sub-genre of films featuring seasoned female stars as villains.
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To this day, critics argue over whether Gudrun Pausewang’s The Cloud empowered or traumatised children.
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Including sequels to Knives Out and Black Panther, a new Steven Spielberg film and an adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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Dracula AD 1972 was panned by critics, but its legacy can be seen in many of the most celebrated vampire films and TV shows since then
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Enheduanna, a Mesopotamian poet, princess, and priestess, was the first author to be named in all recorded history.
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“This season is less caustic than the last… and less focused on class, but it offers more secrets and lies.” #TheWhiteLotus
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Queer sex scenes in film and TV are gradually becoming more frequent and varied.
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Thirty years on from its release, Donna Tartt’s The Secret History has become “the kind of book people read dozens of times and excitedly press into the hands of others,” and is still finding new fans.
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Kantha was about upcycling old clothes and giving them a new life, but the craft also acted as a canvas for women to express their artistic talents.
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“The Banshees of Inisherin is quiet, steadily paced and slightly repetitive, but it's always compelling, and it eventually grows hauntingly sad,” writes
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Paul Cézanne’s art astounded his contemporaries, seeming to offer a radical new way of seeing, even though no one could explain exactly how.
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Alan Garner’s books fuse myth and modernity in tales of magic and the power of nature.
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"I would call it many things, a sculpture, an installation, a performance and poetry."
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A recent wave of film and TV shows are channelling female rage and questioning gendered stereotypes with violent anti-heroines.
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From horror to comedy and everything in between.
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Hollywood and the porn industry share many of the same challenges and have historically influenced and shaped one another.
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A new film tells the story of the excavation of Richard III from beneath an English car park, but not everyone is happy with it.
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Matilda is nearly 'the year's most disturbing gothic horror movie', writes Nicholas Barber.
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Sixty years ago today, both the Beatles' first single Love Me Do and the first Bond film Dr No were released. It was a remarkable moment that redefined a nation, writes
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From Marvel's first horror, Werewolf by Night, to the return of HBO's hit The White Lotus, picks out the month's biggest small-screen offerings.
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This 1922 silent film was an inspiration for The Blair Witch Project, and is still utterly chilling, writes .
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Jennifer Lopez is the ultimate ‘triple threat’ as actor, singer and dancer – yet she doesn’t receive her dues, writes .
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Forty years on from the launch of Banned Books Week, censorship is once again on the rise.
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You have five hours left to vote in #BBCLongShots film festival! Watch outstanding documentaries from emerging filmmakers on and vote for your favourite now.
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It takes a while to build up steam, but Andor eventually gives an insight into everyday life in the Star Wars galaxy, writes Stephen Kelly.
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Jerry Heil and other Ukrainian pop stars are helping to raise morale and hope.
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Brendan Fraser "richly deserves to be nominated for a best actor Oscar" for his performance in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale, writes Nicholas Barber.
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Islamic manuscripts, art and textiles became a huge source of inspiration for Western design in the early 20th Century.
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The new film by Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro G Inárritu prompted walk-outs at its Venice Film Festival press screening, writes
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From Blondie’s adventures in Cuba to a time travel experience in South Korea, these are the six shortlisted documentaries in this year’s LongShots film festival. #BBCLongShots
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LongShots, the BBC's online film festival, returns for its third edition with six short films set to take viewers on unexpected journeys. #BBCLongShots
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