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Rebecca Laurence

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40 years on from the party where hip hop was born

40 years on from the party where hip hop was born

On a hot August night in 1973, Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, and his sister Cindy put on a 'back to …

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Little Joe: The female Frankenstein?

Little Joe: The female Frankenstein?

Imagine if Frankenstein was a woman. That's the basis for Little Joe, a new film which played at this year's …

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NWA: 'The world's most dangerous group'?

NWA: 'The world's most dangerous group'?

The director of Straight Outta Compton, a highly anticipated new NWA biopic out in US cinemas this week, has …

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Suffragette: Why are female film-makers rare?

Suffragette: Why are female film-makers rare?

It's a defining part of modern British history, but the story of the Suffragettes - the women who campaigned …

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The mistakes that make great photos

The mistakes that make great photos

We often think that errors and mishaps ruin the photos we take, but a new book argues that artists and amateu…

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When Elvis met Nixon: The bizarre story behind this photo

When Elvis met Nixon: The bizarre story behind this photo

It's the most requested item in the US National Archives - more popular than the photos of the moon landing, …

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Cool Machine To Land: 14 Of The Best Books Of 2026 So Far

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By Rebecca Laurence Verified, Lindsay Baker
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From a dizzyingly brilliant heist to a devastating tale of generational loss, here are the year’s most acclaimed works of fiction so far. When 22-year-old art student Cal returns home to the Isle of Harris in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, tensions arise with his father, John, a farmer and deacon in a tight-knit, Presbyterian community.
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Kin to Yesteryear: 10 of the best books of 2026 so far Original

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By Rebecca Laurence Verified, Lindsay Baker
| BBC Verified
By Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker23rd May 2026 From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far. (Credit: Penguin) Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke "Daring, deranged, cleverly written," is how Vogue describes the buzzy debut by Caro Claire Burke. In this satirical thriller, tradwife influencer Natalie inexplicably wakes up in the year 1855 in a crumbling homestead.
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Frankenstein: Why Mary Shelley's 200-year-old horror story is so misunderstood Original

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By Rebecca Laurence Verified
| BBC Verified
As Guillermo del Toro's new film starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi is released, why is the message of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel still overshadowed by its success, more than two centuries on? "It's alive! It's alive!! It's alive!!!" – Frankenstein (dir: James Whale, 1931) One night during the strangely cool and wet European summer of 1816, a group of friends gathered at the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva.
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