CULTURE

Oscars 2026 predictions: Who will win

4. Best actor Once up on a time, way back in December, this seemed to be Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar to

CULTURE

The suburban spies who sold nuclear secrets to the USSR

Spying on the spies The other side of the spy ring – the communications experts – had developed the perfect

CULTURE

Research shows older women are winning more Oscars – here’s why

The most recent study from Annenberg also found that from Hollywood’s top 100 films last year, there were only four

CULTURE

The tragic romance hidden in a 19th-Century painting

Burton used gouache to create this piece, a type of water-soluble paint that gives the painting the vivid colours it

CULTURE

The moment Cher wore the ultimate ‘revenge’ outfit

Since then, the phrase revenge dress has increasingly been used in celebrity culture. Revenge dresses as they are understood by

CULTURE

‘The biggest commercial juggernaut ever’: Why the Oscars peaked in 1998

As exceptional as Titanic was, though, it was part of a significant broader pattern: many of the 20th Century’s best

CULTURE

11 of the Winter Olympics’ most striking images

7. Mass and motion Getty Images Transformed by a photographer’s lens into smudgy speed lines accelerating behind the carefully calibrated

CULTURE

The 19th-Century US home that embodied the super-rich

George was set apart. Jenkins tells the BBC, “He doesn’t necessarily fit into a kind of Vanderbilt mould. He doesn’t

CULTURE

The mystery of stolen champion racehorse Shergar

They were directed to the isolated farmhouse of racehorse breeder Jeremy Maxwell, about 30 miles outside Belfast near Downpatrick. On

CULTURE

This desert island-set drama is a ‘bold, chilling’ nightmare ★★★★☆

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has adapted William Golding’s classic novel for his latest TV series about murderous male youth –