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‘I was the kid whose Dad was a spy’: Life as the son of an infamous CIA pilot whose story inspired a Spielberg Cold War drama

‘I was the kid whose Dad was a spy’: Life as the son of an infamous CIA pilot whose story inspired a Spielberg Cold War drama

by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, People, War

Shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission at the height of the Cold War, Francis Gary Powers’s story of being captured and exchanged for a Russian spy went on to be immortalised in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. His son, Gary Powers Jr discusses...
How the making of a film about Lee Miller allowed her son to explore the side of her life he never knew existed

How the making of a film about Lee Miller allowed her son to explore the side of her life he never knew existed

by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, War

Antony Penrose knew next to nothing about his mother, Lee Miller’s life before he was born, in his own words, he had “dismissed her as being a useless drunk who’d achieved nothing,” he says. It wasn’t until after his mother’s death in 1977 that his outlook on...
Spartacus: the film that broke Hollywood’s blacklist

Spartacus: the film that broke Hollywood’s blacklist

by Ben Simpson | May 23, 2026 | Activism, Heros, Latest, Top Story

How Kubrick and Trumbo forged Spartacus into a symbol of rebellion during the civil rights era in America, and how Kirk Douglas’ fight against oppression goes beyond the film reel. The day is October 28th, 1947. American screenwriter Dalton Trumbo stood before the...
The Anti-Climactic True Story Behind Outlaw King’s Final Battle

The Anti-Climactic True Story Behind Outlaw King’s Final Battle

by Max Newman | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, Leaders, War

Robert the Bruce rises amongst a sea of strewn corpses. Beneath a thick layer of mud, his eyes are wide, a visage carved of pure adrenaline. At his feet, his adversary, the Prince of Wales, scrambles, sobbing desperately in fear and frustration as the dust settles...

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