Historical films

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

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Ridley’s Scott’s Napoleon trailer: a historian reacts

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What should we make of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon?

Is Oppenheimer guilty of perpetuating a historical myth?

Oppenheimer Is Nolan perpetuating a historical myth?

J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer: the real history of the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

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Barbenheimer quiz: should you see Barbie or Oppenheimer first, based on your historical knowledge?

A gear wheel in the Antikythera mechanism, an analogue computer created by ancient Greeks that forms the basis for the Archimedes Dial in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

General History

The real Archimedes Dial? The Antikythera mechanism explained

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General History

Was there a real Indiana Jones?

Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen) and Katherine Parr (Jessica Raine) in Becoming Elizabeth

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Ewan Horrocks as Aelfweard and Adrian Schiller as Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom season 5

Ælfweard and Æthelstan: were they rivals for the throne of Wessex?

A bloodied Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must Die ending explained: what next for England?

Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must Die: the real history behind the Last Kingdom movie

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must Die What to expect from the Last Kingdom movie

HMS Bittern on fire and severely damaged after a German air attack in Namsos fjord, 30 April 1940. Both sides sustained heavy losses in the battle of Norway but the German navy was less able to absorb these than its British foe. (Photo by Topfoto)

Second World War

Narvik in context How battle for Norway in 1940 saved Britain