Category: computers

Return of the comic book superheroes

The Flash, the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman will get another outing on the big screen, Iron Man and Captain America will go head-to-head and Spider-Man is to weave ...
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The man who saved the comic book

Stan Lee, creator of Hollywood’s favourite superheroes, has just written his memoirs. He’s not as rich as Iron Man, he insists, and, no, he didn’t know Iceman had turned ...
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Damien Chazelle: ‘Movies have got too cynical, too realistic-minded — very literal’

The director of the award-winning musical La La Land on why we need old-style Hollywood romanticism more than ever ...
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Home of modern arts has to close its doors

An arts gallery that has showcased modern works and botanical treasures for 30 years is to close to save money. ...
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Found: the opera rat by Degas that really gave birth to modern art

It is the original sculpture credited with bringing about the birth of modern art: a teenage dancer whose pose pushed artists into revolution. ...
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Vogue makes history with male editor

Edward Enninful is expected to add pop culture to the grande dame of fashion titles ...
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Ice cream has fashion licked on high street

The boss of Next has been saying for some time that fashion has fallen out of, well, fashion with shoppers in Britain and there are fresh numbers to back ...
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Playing dress up, Japanese style

Japan isn’t weird. Spending hundreds of thousands of yen transforming yourself into the human equivalent of a computer-game character, a manga villain or pink kitten bent on world domination ...
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Botanic’s popular light show switched to new festive event

An award-winning night-time sound and light show at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh has been replaced by a new event after three years. ...
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Galaxy Note 7 burns £1.9bn hole in Samsung profits

Samsung has slashed its estimate for quarterly profits by £1.9 billion after scrapping the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. ...
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