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Ahead of his transformation into an ageing, smelly Henry VIII in new film Firebrand, the twice Oscar-nominated actor is answering your questions

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Henry V; Midnight in Vienna; Clairmont – review

A lively new study of the warrior king by Dan Jones; a wartime espionage thriller from Jane Thynne; and an engaging novel about Byron’s spurned mistress

The Guardian - UK

32 stunning centuries-old hoards unearthed by metal detectorists

Archaeologists and amateurs armed with metal detectors have discovered previous hoards from centuries past.

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Shakespeare combines with sport for special shows

It's England v France in Henry V at Viking Park.

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32 Most Inspiring Speeches In Film History

Whether it's to hype up a sports team, or inspire themselves, a good speech can make a decent movie great and a bad movie good.

Cinemablend

The best theatre to stream this month: The Old Man and the Pool, Bedbound and more

Watch Mike Birbiglia’s hit comedy about mortality, Colm and Brenda Meaney in Enda Walsh’s two-hander or choose from a flock of Swan Lakes

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Our pick of the best films based on true stories, from Zero Dark Thirty to The Wolf of Wall Street

Looking for a movie adaptation of a shocking real event? Look no further

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A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

The Conversation

Return of the king: what can the movies teach us about the coronation?

Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?

The Guardian - UK

Charles oldest ever to become King: The 20 oldest and youngest monarchs to take the throne

Ahead of King Charles III’s Coronation, here’s a look back at some ofthe oldest and youngest monarchs to ever take the throne.

Evening Standard

‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit

Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday

The Guardian - UK

This is where some of the greatest Welsh people of all time are buried

The final resting places of some Welsh figures might surprise you

Wales Online

King Charles' key to a successful reign - and the royal relatives he should ignore

As a new monarch, King Charles has countless other sovereigns from history he could learn from to ensure a successful reign - and historian Dr Tracy Borman reveals which kings and queens he should look to as well as which ones he should ignore

Daily Mirror

A love of Shakespeare is one reason to accept an honour. What’s everyone else’s excuse?

Actors aside, only the foolhardy can now say yes to a gong in the debased era of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson

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11 most wanted 'cool' postcodes in the UK to relocate to in 2023 - see full list

A market town with Roman origins has made it onto a national selection of "coolest" places to relocate to in 2023, with a tiny village of just 324 people also making the list

Wales Online

Welsh town is one of the 11 most wanted postcodes in UK for relocating in 2023

The location is said to be the new hotspot for 'the edgy crowd' according to The Times

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Henry V; Vardy v Rooney; ¡Showmanism! – review

Oliver Johnstone mesmerises as Henry V, Vardy and Rooney go head to head, and Dickie Beau lipsyncs a swarm of voices, from Hitchcock to Fiona Shaw

Evening Standard

Henry V at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe review: fresh, vivid and intense

This stripped back production speaks with new and unusual clarity

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Henry V review – a troubled king reaches for foreign quarrels

In this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, Henry’s grasp for power is cast in a stark light

Los Angeles Times

Henry Taylor, the democratic king of portraiture, makes his LA homecoming at MOCA

LOS ANGELES -- If you were to paint a portrait of Henry Taylor, you might start with his smile: brilliant, devilish, inhabiting both the mouth and the eyes.

The Guardian - UK

By all means cry God for Harry, England and St George. Just don’t puff out your chest too far

A new production of Henry V has been called a ‘woke King Harry’ – but Englishness has always been complex

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Rees-Mogg thinks he’s Henry V but he’s more Mr Muscle

The MP’s foppish nobleman veneer is wide of reality. What will the top job unleash from Rishi Sunak’s earnest head-boy exterior?

Salon

"Dragon's" real-life dynastic struggle

George R.R. Martin drew from history, particularly a two-decade period known as The Anarchy for this Targaryen plot

The New Daily

HBO’s House of the Dragon was inspired by a medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler

Author George R R Martin has made no secret of the real-life medieval inspiration for House of the Dragon.

The Conversation

HBO's 'House of the Dragon' was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler

In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they see in movies and television.

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