"The Mirror," a poem by Sylvia Plath, is about a woman looking in the mirror and evaluating the image she sees there. In the poem, Plath explores the mirror image as a doorway to the unconscious ...

This slow burn thriller from Iran exposes the brutality of authoritarianism and its devastating impact on families.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...

‘Submission to power is complex, it depends on other people submitting to power, and it has deep roots.’ Ficus religiosa, the sacred fig tree, grows on other trees before plunging its roots into the ...

Nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the forthcoming Oscars, The Seed Of Sacred Fig’s behind the scenes ...

Ted Hughes once suggested that his romance with Sylvia Plath dominated his university years, forthrightly beginning a poem with the line “Cambridge was our Courtship.” To assume Plath felt the same is ...

Two men accused of felling the Northumberland's beloved Sycamore Gap tree and causing more than £620,000 worth of damage have been given a trial date. Daniel Graham, 39, from Milbeck Stables, Carlisle ...

The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig was nominated for the Palme d'Or last year at Cannes, winning the Special Jury Prize, and has been nominated as Germany's entry for Best International Feature Film at the ...