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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

Conrad Nagel and Dorothy Dalton in movie still from Fool's Paradise, 1921.
20th Century

Hollywood in the 1920s: stars, scandals and the end of silent films

A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front
20th Century

Germany at a crossroads: Nazis, pacifism, and why the lessons of All Quiet on the Western Front still matter today

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Ben Foster as Jan Žižka in 'Medieval' (2022). (Photo by Alamy)
Medieval

Jan Žižka: one of history’s greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

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First World War

All Quiet on the Western Front film "An ambitious, visceral exploration of life and loss in WW1"

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey
Victorian

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England
Medieval

Life as a medieval peasant How accurate are depictions on screen?

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

Watch this The best historical movies and TV series streaming now

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King
Medieval

The Lost King The difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

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Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen
Georgian

Persuasion “The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Mr Malcolm and Freida Pinto as Selina Dalton in Mr Malcolm's List
Georgian

What was on Mr. Malcolm’s List? The real history behind the Regency romance

Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in 2006 film 'The Queen'
20th Century

Screen Queen Elizabeth II on film

Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.
First World War

Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle. (Image by Alamy)
Edwardian

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

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