Silk Roads review – mesmerising show turns world history upside down | British Museum
noThere aren't many exhibits that turn world history upside down. The British Museum's Fascinating Silk Road does just that, showing how Asia, Europe and North Africa shared cultures over 1000 years ago. Far from developing in isolation, far from a “clash of civilizations”, East and West were once interconnected by a magnificent trade route known […]
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter review – a staggering, mesmerising true-crime tale | Television & radio
I It feels like a long time (ten minutes? maybe twenty?) since Netflix last added to the true-crime documentary genre (anthologies focused on men's violence against women and girls), but “Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter” is worth the wait, if only for the strange, perverse way in which such a voyeuristic endeavor takes place. […]