Culture

In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot. New series Death by Lightning explores his life and legacy.

This series from Vince Gilligan stars Rhea Seehorn as a cynical woman living in a world where people are constantly happy. It's George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

With a cast led by Kim Kardashian, legal series All's Fair has had savage reviews. But viewers have been celebrating its mix of high-camp, statement fashion and spotless interiors.

As Michelle Obama's The Look is published, we dissect first-lady fashion through the decades. From "mother of the nation" to Flotus fashionistas, what have their styles signalled?

Die My Love features a full-throttle performance from Jennifer Lawrence as a young mother having a mental breakdown. It's an extraordinary depiction of the challenges women can face.

Richard Burton, born 100 years ago this month, was famously married - twice - to Elizabeth Taylor. In 1966, a BBC interview with them saw a furious Taylor come to her husband's aid.

Aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity.

As people around the world mark Halloween, our editors pick the frightening scenes that have truly stayed with them.

Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat is a deceptively simple image of a real-life murder. But a closer look at the iconic painting reveals the political messages contained within.

Elizabeth II's sister had to choose between ending her engagement and renouncing her title in 1955. Or did she? In 1978, the BBC talked to the war hero who almost married a princess.

An unhappy bride plotting others' downfalls, 19th-Century anti-heroine Hedda Gabler is one of the great roles for women – and as new film Hedda is released, she remains controversial.

The Nazi high command was put on trial 80 years ago in 1945. The new film Nuremberg draws on a little-known detail of the tribunal to ask enduring questions about the nature of evil.