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US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2
Second World War

From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Hermione on the set of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Medieval

The real magic of Harry Potter: 15 details the wizarding world borrows from history

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20th Century

8 historical reasons behind Anne Boleyn’s appearance in Princess Diana film Spencer

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Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales
20th Century

“It doesn’t fall into the trap of making Diana a saint”: a historian’s review of Spencer

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall
Victorian

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall (2021), directed by Jeymes Samuel. (Photo by Netflix–Overbrook Entertainment–Alamy)
Victorian

Black cowboys on screen

Jodie Comer plays Marguerite de Carrouges in the upcoming film 'The Last Duel',
Medieval

“A spotlight on historic societal misogyny and disbelief of women”: what The Last Duel gets right and wrong

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Medieval

Trial by combat: the real history behind The Last Duel

A 14th-century illustration shows two bishops watching men fight to the death in a trial by combat.
Medieval

Medieval trial by combat: the real history behind The Last Duel

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Jodie Comer plays Marguerite de Carrouges in the upcoming film 'The Last Duel',
Medieval

The medieval women who spoke out against sexual violence

Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain in The Green Knight an adaptation of the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
Medieval

“An intoxicating triumph true to the grandeur of the poem”: a historian’s review of The Green Knight

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Medieval

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: what’s the story?

The Spartan king Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The conflict has become the archetype for the courageous last stand, pitting around 200,000 Persians against 7,000 Spartans.
Ancient Greece

Your guide to the battle of Thermopylae

A panel of experts tackle the big questions surrounding period drama in the 21st century and ask: what’s next? (Images by Getty, Channel 5 and Alamy)
21st Century

What’s next for period drama? 

William Wallace on trial in 1305
Medieval

William Wallace: who was the Scottish rebel who defied Edward I?

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