New comedy drama Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney as a Hollywood A-lister travelling across Europe, is the latest glossy tribute to the one per cent – and it's getting boring.

The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement photo is a part of a centuries-old tradition of "meticulously choreographed courtship", according to an art history expert.

A listening device hidden in an artwork in 1945 was undetected by US security for seven years – and it's not the only example of art having been manipulated for subterfuge.

This remake of the 80s divorce farce is "a piercing black comedy" that is "played with droll perfection" by Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman.

Brian Epstein guided the Fab Four from the Cavern Club to global fame. When he died 58 years ago this week, the band was left suddenly adrift.

From beloved British humorists and "good hangs" to AI debates and the history of heroism, BBC features journalists pick their favourite podcasts of the year so far.

Sixty-five years ago, a Moscow court handed a 10-year sentence to US airman Francis Gary Powers. The BBC reported on what became a Cold War diplomatic disaster.

In August 2003, a power cut plunged some 50 million people in the US and Canada into darkness, causing chaos and disruption.

In August 1964, three civil rights activists were found dead in the Deep South. The public's response provided the impetus for new civil rights legislation in America.

The F1 champion Niki Lauda had a near-fatal accident in Germany in August 1976. After defying all expectations, he told the BBC in 1977 how he willed himself to stay alive.

In July 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident where a young aide died. But many questions about the 'Chappaquiddick incident' went unanswered.

Jane Goodall began her groundbreaking field study 65 years ago by living among chimpanzees in Tanzania. In 1986, she told the BBC how similar chimps and humans really are.