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From floating doves and sunken ships to "Icarus" skydiving against the Sun, here is an art history expert's guide to some of the most eye-catching photographs of the year.

Attractions recreating the ocean liner's fateful voyage are drawing in crowds. But are they valuable historical experiences, or cynically turning tragedy into entertainment?

TV's suggestive "Launderette" Levi's advert was first shown 40 years ago, and sales went through the roof. The ad marked a turning point - and its influence continues today.

The third instalment in James Cameron's mega-hit blockbuster franchise is "197 minutes of screensaver graphics, clunky dialogue, baggy plotting and hippy-dippy new-age spirituality".

From a controversial recreation of a Disney cartoon to an awards-tipped sports biopic starring The Rock, why did so many high-profile Hollywood films fail at the box office this year?

In a daring raid 75 years ago, four university students stole back an early symbol of the Scottish kings. It had been taken by an English monarch more than six centuries before.

From a "richly atmospheric" novella to a "virtuosic" debut - this is the very best fiction of the year, as chosen by BBC journalists.

As the new Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man, is released on streaming, here are more ingenious - and confounding - whodunnits to watch and read.

Fancy a change from The Muppet Christmas Carol? BBC journalists pick the films that get them in the holiday mood.

Tom Brook reported from the scene of John Lennon's death in 1980, later interviewing his young son. The two reconnect to discuss how Lennon's message reverberates today.