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More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mu...

Cold War Steve has been acclaimed as the Brexit Bruegel and a modern-day Hogarth or Gillray. His Twitter feed, McFadden''s Cold War, has become a c...

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them   Leo Braudy, a finali...

From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans 'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-mi...

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema  Including origin...

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema  Including origin...

A hilarious field guide to the worlds most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English. Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Par...

In 1968, Canadians dared to take a chance on a new kind of politician. Pierre Trudeau, a relative newcomer to federal politics, became the leader o...

Squirrels have made numerous appearances in mass media over the years, from Beatrix Potter's Nutkin and Timmy Tiptoes, to Rocky the flying squir...

In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock...