by Joe Beck | May 26, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, Top Story, War
For over a century, filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese have wanted to capture Napoleon Bonaparte on screen. Yet, despite hundreds of attempts, millions of dollars, and some of cinema’s greatest minds, the true complexities of...
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...
by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, War
Lee Miller became the first female war photographer to be stationed alongside an infantry unit during the Second World War, The film Lee depicts her fight to get to the frontlines and the truth behind her most enduring photographs. Her son, Antony Penrose, discusses...
by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Latest, War
Jack El-Hai published the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist in 2013; last year, it was adapted into Nuremberg, a film depicting the psychological standoff between Hermann Göring and psychiatrist Douglas Kelley before the Nuremberg trials. But what inspired El-Hai to...
by Max Newman | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, Leaders, War
Dr. Iain MacInnes is a renowned Scottish historian with expertise on the Wars of Independence. He unveiled the not-so glamorous reality behind Outlaw King’s Battle of Loudoun Hill. Robert the Bruce rises amongst a sea of...
by Max Newman | May 23, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, War
Dr. Iain MacInnes, who specialises in Scotland’s Wars of Independence, discussed how Outlaw King’s portrayal of Robert the Bruce matches the historical record. The Netflix original stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce and follows his rise to power amidst...
