by Ben Simpson | Jun 5, 2026 | Activism, Heros, People, Top Story
When the late Dr Haing S. Ngor had passed, the gold plating of his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields had been rubbed off. He’d been so proud of his achievement that he’d stroked the colour off of it. It was the symbol of an extraordinary man...
by Ben Simpson | Jun 4, 2026 | People, Sport
Sean Porter was a deputy probation officer at Camp Vernon Kilpatrick, with one simple idea: to change the lives of the kids in his juvenile detention centre. He wanted to bring them together through American football. And so, the Kilpatrick Mustangs were born. Porter...
by Ben Simpson | Jun 2, 2026 | Latest, People, Top Story
Wladyslaw Szpilman’s story was anything but ordinary; a Polish Jewish pianist evading capture in the Ghettos of Warsaw by sheer will, wit, and immense luck, watching his people ordered to their death at the camps of Treblinka. His parents and his brother were some of...
by Ben Simpson | May 27, 2026 | Extra, Latest
From family feuds to face paint, we explore the scenes from your favourite historical films that never actually happened, and ask if cinema’s very own storytelling is keeping history alive, or distorting it beyond recognition. “Your faults as a son is my failure as a...
by Ben Simpson | May 26, 2026 | Histo-Views
Our rating Accuracy 4.5 / 5 Entertainment Value 4.5 / 5 When it comes to films that depict the devastating nature of Jewish oppression during World War II, not many come close to Roman Polanski’s historical biopic, The Pianist. Polanski tells the story of a Polish...
