The meaning for those who built Stonehenge was, he believed, significant. “Eclipses are spectacular events that surely aroused the deepest emotions of our primitive ancestors,” said Hawkins. “The light of the Moon, which is, of course, borrowed from the Sun, is cut off. It passes into the Earth’s shadow. The …

There’s been Mindy Kaling’s Not Suitable For Work, about five recent graduates in Manhattan, while the second season of FX’s chaotic but cosy Adults premieres today, centring on a house-share of another quintet across the water in Queens. Beyond the Big Apple, other shows following a similar Friends-style template have …

Alone in his girlfriend’s apartment as the full moon blooms, David suddenly screams that he is “burning up”, falls to his knees in agony, and rips his clothes off. His hands elongate, his body gets hairier, his teeth and nails sharpen, and his face twists and warps. The soundtrack is …

In recent years, however, the two lanes converged, and ascended to a higher plane of celebrity. Fuelled by her Glastonbury triumph, her 44th album, 2014’s Blue Smoke, became her most successful ever in the UK, while Netflix followed a drama series based on her songs, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, with a …

From the return of The Gentlemen to a drama about the Lizzie Borden murder case BBC News

In the iconic artwork virility is equated to power – and the largest appendage BBC News

The latest cartoon from DreamWorks Animation (The Wild Robot, Dog Man) is a psychedelic fantasy adventure – but it’s also the first major Hollywood film to draw on Filipino folklore. Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. and Liza Soberano provide the voices of Jo and Raissa, two schoolgirls who become best friends in …

The US east coastal town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where Moby Dick begins, became the whaling capital and earned its nickname, “The City That Lit the World”. The whalers learnt about whales through direct observation, while scientists had specimens to dissect. Taxonomy divided whales and other animals into neat categories based …

As evidenced by the titles in the trailer and on all the posters for the first film, this is “Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana”, a visually splendid epic that places Malhotra’s expertise in visual effects front and centre. The son of a Bollywood producer and grandson of a cinematographer, Malhotra started a …

From a dazzling ancient temple to a multi-coloured loft and a vibrant library BBC News

Two US explorers claimed they had discovered Vilcabamba in Peru, 50 years apart BBC News

Bourdain, who died in 2018, was one of the world’s most celebrated culinary figures, known for his bad-boy persona, superb food writing, and TV series like No Reservations and Parts Unknown, in which he travelled the world intimately exploring different food cultures. Matt Johnson’s biopic is a solid piece of …

And upscale he certainly did. “The whole mansion block and stable block were wired for sound,” historian Helen Fry, author of The Walls Have Ears, tells the BBC. Microphones were hidden in everything from plant pots and light fittings to the billiards table and even in trees in the grounds. …

Hours later, she and her husband Arturo were arrested in a motel, and the baby, Katya Valentina, was brought back, unharmed, to her parents. Mendoza was jailed for 13 years for kidnapping, and her case attracted huge media attention in Mexico, as she had faked a full-term pregnancy that had …

A top US physicist revealed why the blast couldn’t be stopped BBC News

For a long time, that was Batman – or, at least, Batman as the general public saw him, thanks to the camp 1960s television show and film. In his DC Comics adventures, he was depicted as a more serious and even sinister character, but the average person still saw him …

From I Want Your Sex to The Invite, cinema is exploring sex in provocative ways BBC News

How a group of Mexican-American teens made a 60s smash hit in their garage BBC News

In the summer of 1944, Allied agents spirited away Hitler’s “wonder weapon” BBC News

From a rustic, mid-Century timber home to a modern dwelling overlooking the sea BBC News