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The day Walt Disney became a FBI informant

Animated movies legend Walt Disney passed on information to the FBI for more than 20 years in hunt for potential communist sympathisers in Hollywood.

Nov 10, 2017

By Claire Toureille

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Age Against the Machine: The club night where young people are banned

This London club night doesn't allow any young people in.

Nov 9, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

London

Why Hitler and Napoleon are partly to blame for your addiction to Nutella

Nutella has upset some fans by changing its recipe - but how did we fall in love with the hazelnut spread in the first place?

Nov 8, 2017

By Kashmira Gander

Six ways to eat halloumi cheese if you're bored of just grilling it

Halloumi, the salty Cypriot cheese, has hijacked our tastebuds over the past few years. Here are some ways to eat it other than just slapping it in a wrap.

Nov 8, 2017

By Kashmira Gander

6 hair-raising facts about Bram Stoker on the 170th anniversary of his birth

Bram Stoker, author behind the world's most famous vampire Dracula, was born on 8 November 1847. Here are 6 facts and beliefs about the famed author's life

Nov 8, 2017

By Claire Toureille

Lewes Bonfire society to ditch 'Zulu' face paint: The groups that claim blacking up isn't racist

A group that takes part in an annual Bonfire parade has promised to stop painting their faces black. However, other groups argue that wearing black face paint isn't racist.

Nov 6, 2017

By Kashmira Gander

Nancy Friday: The pioneering writer who shared women's sexual fantasies in My Secret Garden

Nancy Friday collected and shared women's sexual fantasies in her book My Secret Garden. She died on 6 November, aged 84.

Nov 6, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

From biryani to butter chicken - what should be India's national dish?

We asked top Indian chefs what they think India's national dish should be.

Nov 3, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

I See a City: Todd Webb's evocative photographs of New York immediately after World War Two

A new book – I See a City: Todd Webb's New York – presents American photographer Todd Webb's exploration of New York in the years following World War II.

Nov 3, 2017

By David Sim

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Wild India: Axel Gomille photographs the subcontinent's extraordinary wildlife in stunning new book

Award-winning photographer and zoologist Axel Gomille pays homage to the subcontinent's overwhelmingly spectacular natural heritage in his book Wild India.

Nov 3, 2017

By David Sim

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Quiz: Do you know which novels these quotes are from?

November 1 is Author's Day: A celebration of the world's greatest writers and their contribution to fiction.

Nov 1, 2017

Art on a Postcard Secret Auction 2017: Can you spot the ones by world-renowned artists?

Works by world-renowned artists – including Jeremy Deller, Maggi Hambling, Ben Eine, Gavin Turk, Peter Blake and Bob & Roberta Smith – are among the 400-plus postcard-sized artworks.

Nov 1, 2017

By David Sim

Arts pictures

You should never serve an Italian pineapple on a pizza - this video shows why

One brave prankster serves pineapple pizza to Neapolitans who've ordered a classic margherita. And must face the consequences.

Oct 30, 2017

By Claire Toureille

Magnum sale: Signed prints of iconic photos at rock bottom prices for five days only

The Magnum Photos Square Print sale runs for five days only, from midday on Monday 30 October to 6pm on Friday 3 November.

Oct 30, 2017

By David Sim

Arts pictures

Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) studied anthropology under scholar Franz Boas. She wrote several novels, drawing heavily on her knowledge of human development and the African American experience in America. She is best known for Their Eyes Were Watching Go

Brilliant books by POC writers that everyone should read

In light of Lola Olufemi's positive attempts to "decolonise" her curriculum at Cambridge, here are our suggestions.

Oct 27, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

Artist does nude performance at Portrait Gallery

'The penis represents the masculine world I hate': Meet the artist who poses naked in front of art

Adrián Pino Olivera has stripped in front of Michelangelo's David Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia and Tate Britain's Ophelia.

Oct 27, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

Cultural appropriation: A guide to avoiding it this Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner, so here's some advice on how to avoid making bad costume choices.

Oct 26, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

Disney

National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

Force of Nature: Sensational weather, wildlife, underwater and aerial photos

Photographers are invited to enter National Geographic's 2017 Nature Photographer of the Year contest's four categories: Wildlife, Landscape, Underwater and Aerial.

Oct 26, 2017

By David Sim

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Angry librarians breathe fire after columnist suggests closing public libraries

Andre Walker, a contributor for the New York Observer finally ceded the argument after receiving over 100,000 replies to his criticism of libraries.

Oct 25, 2017

By Lara Rebello

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