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Joan Plowright – a leading actress in British theatre’s post-war class revolution

Joan Plowright and Billy Dee Williams in A Taste of Honey on New York’s Broadway in 1960. Archive PL/Alamy Jen Harvie, Queen Mary University of London Dame...

The rise of firefighters-for-hire exposes the inequality of climate-driven disasters

Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock by Doug Specht, University of Westminster The Los Angeles wildfires have exposed a controversial practice that starkly illustrates the divide between the...

Red One: this Dwayne Johnson flop demonstrates Hollywood’s longstanding problem with Christmas

Film critics slayed Red One, which is expected to make a loss. Warner Bros Pictures. by Alexander Sergeant, University of Westminster It’s the most wonderful time of...

You are my Kindred Spirit: how growing up Black in ‘the quiet racism of Scotland’ shaped the art and politics of Maud Sulter

Images of Maud Sulter and her family in the 1960s. Keith Hunter / The Tramway / Maud Sulter Estate. by Joe Jackson, University of Nottingham She was...

Wicked’s depiction of disability is refreshing – thanks to authentic casting and an accessible set

Marissa Bode as Nessarose and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo by David Wilders, Dublin City University Warning: this article contains spoilers for Wicked. With...

Wicked’s Defying Gravity is a musical theatre anthem – and a battle cry for outsiders

Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. Universal Studios by Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins, University of Nottingham As director Jon M Chu’s first instalment of the mega-musical adaptation Wicked arrives in...

Wicked review: a stunning film adaptation that avoids all the usual pitfalls of moving musicals from the stage to the screen

Universal Pictures by Julian Woolford, University of Surrey The journey from successful stage musical to big-screen adaptation is rarely truly successful. From director Joshua Logan’s use...

Does immigration really drive up crime? Not according to the evidence

Massimo Todaro / Shutterstock by Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University and Olivier Marie, Erasmus University Rotterdam Immigration and crime were once again central themes throughout the US...

How women’s basic rights and freedoms are being eroded all over the world

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from speaking in public. Images&stories/Alamy by Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for...

Five lesser-known Godzilla films to watch before the king of monsters turns 70

Godzilla in Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo by Steven Rawle, York St John University Japan’s greatest monster, Godzilla, turned 70 on November 3 2024,...

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