by Christopher Randall | Jun 2, 2026 | Culture, Latest, Music, Top Story
If you can brush past the high-flying singalongs and postcard-perfect Austrian mountains, you’ll find that The Sound of Music tells a story of something darker in its own way. But how, and why, does your favourite model musical avoid the twisted truth of history? ‘The...
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 Tom Preston | Jun 2, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, Top Story
Forced onto the throne after his brother’s abdication, The King’s Speech follows the true story of King George VI and his fight to overcome a stammer with the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue. Hugo Vickers, the film’s historical advisor, discusses his time...
by Max Astle | Jun 2, 2026 | Culture, Heros, Latest, People, War
Alan Turing biographer, Jack Copeland, discusses the massive misconceptions about the World War II British hero who cracked Germany’s Enigma code. The Imitation Game focuses on Alan Turing, a mathematician, computer scientist, and cryptographer, who is often...
by Max Newman | Jun 2, 2026 | Activism, Latest, People
Director Kevin MacDonald shares the challenges he faced when adapting Mohamedou Ould-Slahi’s memoir in the 2021 legal drama The Mauritanian (2021). Based on the 2015 memoir Guantanamo Diary, the film depicts Mohamedou Ould-Slahi, a Mauritanian engineer, and his...
by Tyra Martin | Jun 2, 2026 | Extra, Latest
With every historical film, creative license is a given. But why do we always resort to romance – and how is this changing the way audiences interpret characters? Tyra Martin spoke to screenwriter Moira Buffini about relationships in “The Dig”. Framed by the...
