BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories16 hours agoHow to choose the best – and most eco-friendly – swimwearBBC Culture - Ana SantiMake a splash this summer – from luxury vintage to sustainable fabrics, here's our smart guide to swimming in style. It's at this time of year when images of Jane Birkin in a ring-fronted bikini or Brigitte Bardot in her classic frilled bikini bottoms resurface. Swimwear brands name their designs …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories1 day ago'Rooftopping is my art form': The death-defying couple who climb the world's tallest skyscrapersBBC Culture - Emma JonesSkywalkers, a jaw-dropping Netflix documentary featuring Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, follows the "rooftoppers" as they risk their lives for art atop the world's tallest buildings. A young couple are facing each other in the dawn sunshine. The man moves to lift her up, but she is hesitant. "Don't …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories2 days agoGlen Powell to Zendaya: Are genuine movie stars being born again?BBC Culture - Christina NewlandFor a while, there's been talk of 'the death of stardom', with young actors not able to match the clout of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Will Smith et al. But that might be changing. There has been no lack of conjecture about what, precisely, makes a Movie Star. Most people would easily name examples …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories3 days agoEyes Wide Shut: The remarkable afterlife of a notorious 1990s misfireBBC Culture - Thomas HobbsStarring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick's final film was poorly received on its release in the summer of 1999. But 25 years on, it's been reappraised as a masterpiece and endlessly theorised over. "Those were not just ordinary people!" warns upper-class financier Victor Ziegler (a …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories4 days ago10 iconic images of the most historic moments at the Olympic GamesBBC Culture - Deborah Nicholls-LeeFrom a 1920s American heartthrob swimmer to the famous Black Power podium salute, here are stunning images from new book The Last Heroes that capture the most tense and historic Olympic moments. When the Olympic torches are lit in Paris on 26 July, the 206 participating countries will continue an …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories5 days agoApollo 11 launch: 'If you can survive the simulations, the mission is a piece of cake'BBC Culture - Myles BurkeApollo 11 launched this week in 1969, carrying the first men to land on the Moon. In the months leading up to the historic take-off, Nasa put the crew through gruelling, relentless simulations in order to prepare them – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit. "There's not much room in here, and these …
