Simonetta Vespucci died suddenly at 23. Centuries later, her portraits may explain what really happened.
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Jeanne Duval fascinates many feminist and postcolonial scholars, partly because of how little is known about her.
The muses promised fame and fortune to artists who followed them.
After Anita Lane died, former collaborator Nick Cave said she “despised the concept of the muse but was everybody’s”. Meera Atkinson highlights her achievements – with help from those who knew her.
In ancient times, they were the shrines and ritual sites to the Greek gods. These days, they’re astonishingly unloved and neglected.
Olivia Newton-John has a lot to answer for. Even now, after 35 years has passed, it is hard to forgive her for her role in Xanadu, a film consistently voted as the worst film of 1980. This is quite an…
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