Netflix historical drama The Dig secures FIVE nominations at BAFTAs 2021 Film Awards

SUPPORTING ACTRESS  NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses KOSAR ALI Rocks MARIA BAKALOVA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm DOMINIQUE FISHBACK Judas and the Black Messiah ASHLEY MADEKWE County Lines YUH-JUNG YOUN Minari SUPPORTING ACTOR  DANIEL KALUUYA Judas and the Black Messiah BARRY KEOGHAN Calm With Horses ALAN KIM Minari LESLIE ODOM JR. One Night in Miami… CLARKE PETERS … Read more

School axes historical icons including Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Nelson as school House names

Primary school headteacher replaces Houses named for ‘oppressive’ figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Nelson with Greta Thunberg and Marcus Rashford after ONE ex-pupil complained Howden Junior School, in East Yorkshire, announced four new names this week Lord Nelson, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake will not be used as names Pupils … Read more

Facebook freezes Dorset historical re-enactment society members’ accounts AGAIN

Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group.   Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant has been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more

Facebook bans Dorset historical re-enactment society AGAIN

Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group.   Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant had been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more

WHAT BOOK would historical novelist Kate Mosse take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would historical novelist Kate Mosse take to a desert island? Kate Mosse is currently re-reading all Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels She said she would take T S Eliot’s Four Quartets with her to a desert island  The novelist said Marcel Proust’s Remembrance Of Things Past left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more

Kristy Hinze’s billionaire husband Jim Clark ‘buys a historical World War II boat for $7.2 million’

Supermodel Kristy Hinze’s billionaire husband Jim Clark ‘buys a historical World War II boat for over $7.2 million’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:39 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 06:39 GMT, 21 December 2020 He’s worth a staggering US$2.8billion, and American entrepreneur Jim Clark recently splashed some of his vast fortune on … Read more

Facebook freezes accounts of British historical re-enactment society

Facebook freezes accounts of Dorset historical re-enactment society who enjoy portraying the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion and switching on the local Christmas lights ‘after mistaking them for a US far-right militia’ Wimborne Militia, in Dorset, recreate historic battles from the 17th century  Five of its 60 members have recently had their Facebook accounts disabled They fear … Read more

Drawing of crying Henry VIII may cause historical reassessment

Have we been painting Henry VIII in the wrong light? Famous ‘unfeeling’ womaniser was left ‘heartbroken’ by his mother’s death and ‘wept’ at her bedside, unearthed drawing reveals Henry VIII was not unaffected by grief and left ‘heartbroken’ by mother’s death  Captured ‘weeping’ at her bedside, according to new documentary about ruler Henry VIII, which … Read more

Gal Gadot reunites with Wonder Woman helmer Patty Jenkins for historical drama Cleopatra

It is a role that until now has belonged to the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. But on Sunday, Gal Gadot confirmed that she will star as Cleopatra in a new movie to be directed by her Wonder Woman helmer Patty Jenkins. ‘Cleopatra is a story I wanted to tell for a very long time. Can’t be … Read more

Hundreds enjoy Venice’s Historical Regatta as Gondoliers race up the Grand Canal 

Hundreds enjoy colourful splendour of Venice’s Historical Regatta as costumed Gondoliers race up the Grand Canal Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the colourful Historic Regatta festival in Venice this weekend The festival dates back to the 13th century and sees dozens of boats sail up the Grand Canal  every September Gondoliers in historical costumes … Read more