The hugely anticipated sequel to Gladiator is almost here, and it has sharks in it. But why? Huge spoilers ahead for ...

In Gladiator, director Ridley Scott created a swords-and-sandals epic that was half-history and half-fiction, and that ...

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As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump battle it out for the US presidency, Rob Attar looks back through American history to offer ...

The history of the US presidency is littered with tales of extra-marital affairs and allegations of corruption. Jonathan ...

The US presidential elections of recent years have been some of most contested – and divisive – in history. Here, historian ...

Handlebars, pencils, horseshoes, Van Dykes – there have been many different types of moustaches through history, and in November, many men grow their facial hair in aid of good causes. Facial hair is ...

Armistice Day – today known as Remembrance Day in the UK and several Commonwealth countries, and Veterans Day in the USA – commemorates the armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First ...

Jonathan Myerson’s excellent drama considers how the young Orson Welles shook up not just cinema, but radio and theatre too. A portrait of a young genius starring Lucas Aurelio as Welles, Miles Jupp ...