by Lewis Kennedy | Jun 4, 2026 | Culture, Heros, Latest, Leaders, Top Story
In a museum in Kansas, the spacecraft that almost killed three men sits under the lights, fully restored. The film that told their story helped keep the space programme alive. Shannon Whetzel, curator of the Cosmosphere, on history, Hollywood, and why we still need...
by Lewis Kennedy | Jun 1, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, People, Top Story
Forty years on from its release, ‘Lady Jane’ (1986) remains the defining screen portrait of one of history’s most overlooked figures. Directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and starring a nineteen-year-old Helena Bonham Carter in her film...
by Lewis Kennedy | May 28, 2026 | Culture, Latest, Music, People, Top Story
The 2009 feature ‘Nowhere Boy’ helped launch the careers of Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, bringing John Lennon’s pre-fame years to the big screen. Covering life at Mendips and the conflict between his mother Julia and Aunt Mimi, the film promised to...
by Lewis Kennedy | May 28, 2026 | Histo-Views
Our rating Accuracy 3 / 5 Entertainment Value 4 / 5 Most space flicks love to float around the majestic wonder of the cosmos. Absolute rubbish. Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 yanks you out of that comfortable daydream and jams you directly into a freezing,...
by Lewis Kennedy | May 27, 2026 | Extra, Latest
From the tombs of Tutankhamun to the sets of Gladiator, Nigel Hetherington has spent over two decades connecting Hollywood to history. Lewis Kennedy meets the man ensuring the big screen gets the past right, and discovers why the truth is always stranger than the...
