AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOperation Alberich: the story of Germany’s retreat in 1917historyextra.com - Professor Nick LloydThis week, the movie 1917 comes to UK and US cinemas. Directed and produced by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes, 1917 tells the story of two British soldiers, …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDays of future past: how the new BBC TV series The War of the Worlds reinvented the sci-fi classichistoryextra.com - Rachel DinningFirst serialised in 1897, The War of the Worlds by HG Wells is a key text in literary science fiction. Charting what happens after alien “intellects …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNetflix’s The Crown recap: the real history behind the series so farhistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansHow much of Netflix drama The Crown is drawn from real history? The show, which takes viewers behind the closed doors of royal life, undoubtedly …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo“It’s hard to square Prince Hal’s pacifism with what we know about Henry V”: a historian’s review of The Kinghistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansThe early 15th century. A battlefield. A wounded soldier squirming towards safety is casually dispatched by a gore-smeared knight; the latest in a …
AvatarHistoryExtraAvatarAvatarThe King trailer: Timothée Chalamet stars as King Henry V in new Netflix movieThe Independent - Ellie HarrisonNetflix has released the first trailer for its forthcoming drama The King, starring Timothée Chalamet as Henry V. The Call Me by Your Name actor plays …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhen will the Downton Abbey movie be released in cinemas? Who’s in the cast, and what could happen?verified_publisherradiotimes.com - Eleanor Bley GriffithsHugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery and Maggie Smith return to Downton Abbey Here's everything we know so far about Downton Abbey's move to the big …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoQueen Victoria on screenhistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansA nostalgic biopic appealing to the British public in the troubled years of the late 1930s In the early 20th century, censorship rules proscribed the …
AvatarHistoryExtraAvatarAvatarGrantchester's Emma Corrin to play Princess Diana in The Crownverified_publisherThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesGrantchester actor says she will strive to do justice to Diana in season four of Netflix show
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscarshistoryextra.com - Ellie CawthorneThe Academy Awards were first held in 1929, and each year the film industry awards gold-plated statuettes – commonly called Oscars – in a glittering …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo“A platform to ask ‘was it really like that?’”: Sir Lenny Henry on new Windrush dramahistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansSir Lenny Henry hopes that new BBC Four drama, Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, can inspire younger generations to ask their relations: “What’s your …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLeading ladies in love: 6 historical movies to watch this Valentine’s Dayhistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansBased on Amanda Foreman’s biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), this 2008 film stars Keira Knightley as the 18th-century …
AvatarHistoryExtraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDanny Dyer is “making people think again” about history, say historianshistoryextra.com - Elinor EvansWhen actor Danny Dyer found out, during an episode of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, that he was related to medieval king Edward III, his awed …