Films and TV shows have created a glamorous "Notting Hill" version of the UK's capital city. A new Lena Dunham series pokes fun at the stereotypes Americans believe about the country.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, music from Japanese animations is booming on Spotify and at gigs and club nights – especially among young people.

Some 300 years since they first appeared, London's members-only clubs have endured and evolved. A new book explores this peculiarly British phenomenon.

The first in DC's new cinematic universe starring David Corenswet is "bursting with geeky weirdness", writes film reviewer Nicholas Barber.

Back in 2000, a French film was condemned for its tale of two women embarking on a frenzied, drug-fuelled killing spree. But 25 years on, it's considered revolutionary by some.

For more than 100 years, the sign has been a Los Angeles landmark both in real life and on the silver screen. In 1978, Alice Cooper told the BBC why he was helping to restore an icon.

In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported on how France felt about this reckoning with its dark past.

Almost 55 years ago, Michael Eavis hosted the first of his legendary music festivals. In 1970, the BBC visited his Somerset dairy farm to find out what made it unique.

In June 1982, the BBC reported on the murder of Italian banker Robert Calvi, whose body was found in strange circumstances in central London.

In June 1993, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel brought prehistoric monsters to life. Crichton spoke to the BBC about why dinosaurs continue to fascinate us.

The Profumo affair led to a minister's resignation in June 1963. In 1983, Christine Keeler spoke to the BBC about her part in a story of sex, lies and Cold War paranoia.

Having reached Everest's summit for the first time in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their victory with the BBC.