Eindhoven, Netherlands/ Stefano Boeri Architetti It’s been 10 years since the creation of the first vertical forest, Milan’s Bosco Verticale. How has it inspired other buildings – and affected their …
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Why Requiem for a Dream is still so divisive, 25 years after its release
by bbcnewsby bbcnewsAlamy (Credit: Alamy) Darren Aronofsky’s radical drug-addiction drama was highly acclaimed and angrily slated when it came out in 2000. Today, this Hubert Selby Jr adaptation is no less contentious. …
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The remarkable all-female flying team that helped defeat the Nazis – with wooden planes
by bbcnewsby bbcnewsAndrei Linde (Credit: Andrei Linde) A new episode of the BBC’s History’s Secret Heroes podcast focuses on the Night Witches, a group of Russian female pilots who bombed German forces …
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Alamy (Credit: Alamy) In June 1993, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel brought prehistoric monsters to life. That year, Crichton spoke to the BBC about why dinosaurs continue to …
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This ‘captivating’ romantic drama explores love and money with ‘piercing honesty’
by bbcnewsby bbcnewsA24 Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal make for a starry love triangle in this exquisite new film from director Celine Song, who previously made the Oscar-nominated Past Lives. …
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How the heiresses dubbed the ‘dollar princesses’ brought US flair to the UK
by bbcnewsby bbcnewsNational Trust Images, Matthew Hollow Viscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent, 1908 (Credit: National Trust Images, Matthew Hollow) The rich, glamorous, American women of the gilded age who married into …
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Alamy Blending the style of The Rolling Stones with African beats and instruments, Zambian group Witch were revolutionary – then disappeared. No one could have predicted their amazing return. In …
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