This is a list of popular films on the BBC with black actors. The new film Corsage tells the story of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth. It allows us a glimpse behind the mask of a 19th-Century glamour icon.
A symbol of liberty, the handspun textile khadi was celebrated by Gandhi. Now it is sought after again, writes Kalpana Sunder, as designers tap into its transformative power.
Paul Cézanne’s paintings offered a radical new way of seeing – five works at a new exhibition in London reveal techniques since discovered by scientists, writes Matthew Wilson.
Damien Chazelle’s new film Babylon, which stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, is a “messy, dazzling epic” that is often mesmerising, writes Caryn James.