by Max Newman | May 28, 2026 | Latest, Leaders
Dr. Elizabeth Norton, an expert on England’s queenship, discussed the real-life relationship between Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots (2018). The film stars Saoirse Ronan as the titular Mary and depicts tensions with her cousin, Margot...
by Max Newman | May 27, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, War
Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, Allen Packwood OBE, explained why Winston Churchill was the subject of two different biopics in 2017. The films Darkest Hour and Churchill centre on Winston Churchill and his military actions amidst pressure from his British...
by Arib Dauhoo | May 27, 2026 | Activism, Latest
The greatest privilege a movie can get is being chosen for an award, especially for an Oscar. And for The Voice of Hind Rajab, it held the honour of being nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Academy Awards. However, the...
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 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...
by Joe Beck | May 26, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, War
With his image deeply ingrained in our collective cultural consciousness, Adolf Hitler remains a figure many deem too daunting to put on screen. Yet, behind the eerie presence lingering in history textbooks lies a century of high-stakes cinema. From the satire of...
