Cockney Yiddish: how two languages influenced each other in London’s East End
For a younger generation of secular Jews, Yiddish is acquiring a new appeal.
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A brief history of the pantomime – and why it’s about so much more than ‘blokes in dresses’
Claims have been made that having a male panto dame in this day and age is sexist (Oh no it isn’t!)
Presents from a princess: the mission to deliver 2.6 million Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors on the 1914 frontline
The story of how a teenage princess launched one of the first global charity campaigns.
Natalie Portman says method acting is a ‘luxury women can’t afford’ – but my research shows how it can empower them
Having used the method style successfully for more than 15 years, I believe there is a way to make it work for women.
The Love Witch: a film about the perversities of desire that will soon be a cult feminist classic
This is a thought-provoking, odd, shocking and beautiful movie about feminism, fantasy and film history.
Judith Kerr: read her autobiographies to understand The Tiger Who Came to Tea
As the daughter in a Jewish family fleeing the Nazis, Judith Kerr’s childhood was change, upheaval and deprivation. But this ‘clever refugee girl’ made her mark, creating stories of ideal childhood.
Beyond The Donald: four things to watch at the Republican Convention
After a year of trying to bring him down, the Republican Party will rally behind Donald Trump this week – sort of.
Ratko Mladić: orchestrator of the brutal siege of Sarajevo
Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide.
‘I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust
The Ravensbrück archive reveals how being a survivor of the camps did not always entail innocence.
Why Hollywood is finally taking horror films seriously
Only seven horror films have been nominated for best picture at the Oscars since the first ceremony in 1929.
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