Culture Under the Great Dictators, 1930-45
Painting, sculpture, photography, poster art, architecture, pageant - all were used by the totalitarian regimes in the 1930s. We review a selection of the images from the Hayward Gallery exhibition.
Cultural
The Battle for Art in the 1930s
David Elliott looks at how Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler used culture to their own ends and how the ramifications of this has continued to the present.
Futurism and Fascism
Italy's Futurists - led by Filippo Marinetti - exploded onto the European cultural scene during and after the Great War with all the garishness and fizz of some of their founder's anarchic recipes. But was the menu taken up by Mussolini and his Fascists? Richard Jensen investigates.
Ghana's Crumbling Heritage
Graham Norton looks at dilapidated forts and castles in West Africa
Beirut's past comes to life
Re-opening of the National Museum.
Madrid: City of The Enlightenment
Charles C. Noel illustrates how the remodelling of the Spanish capital reflected the new philosophical and cultural concerns of her rulers in the 'Age of Reason'.
The Culture of the English People
Study from the Iron Age to the Industrial era
Madonna of the Seven Moons
Sue Harper reveals how a swashbuckling tale of gypsy romance opens an unexpected window on 1940s women in Britain.
Wings
Michael Paris looks at pioneering 1920s film about war in the air over the Western Front, the passions it aroused and the genre it created.
The Bell Foundry Museum
Richard Cavendish explores the Bell Foundry Museum.