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Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats

With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history

The Guardian - UK

Friends, Romans, Mr Speaker: can Shakespeare clean up parliament?

An all-star cast arrived in Westminster on Monday with a potted Julius Caesar, partly in hopes of elevating public discourse. It’s good to have a dream …

The Guardian - UK

Prigozhin crosses his Rubicon in echo of Caesar’s march on Rome

Wagner leader’s abortive mutiny was an irrevocable step that may yet have serious consequences

The Guardian - UK

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What Wagner's revolt means to Putin's war

The Don is a much bigger river than the Rubicon, but Yevgeny Prigozhin and his army crossed it anyway on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Et tu, Caesar: legendary site of dictator’s murder now open to Rome tourists

Ancient sacred complex said to have been where Julius Caesar assassinated in 44BC can be viewed after development project

The Guardian - UK

Julius Caesar’s stabbing arena thrown open to public in Rome

Rome is opening a new walkway on the ancient site

The Independent UK

Ancient Rome temples complex, with ruins of building where Caesar was stabbed, opens to tourists

Four temples from ancient Rome stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city's busiest crossroads

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson’s notebooks withheld from him in 'national security scare'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had 25 notebooks withheld by the government due to concerns by the security services that it contains highly sensitive material

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson mocks fellow Tory in bizarre 1,200-word weight loss ramble in new £1m column

In his first newspaper column - which is said to be part of a £1million contract - the ex-PM told a long-winded story about a Cabinet member

Daily Mirror

Cleopatra at 60: the expensive epic that almost tanked a studio

The notoriously overpriced biopic, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, carried an infamous legacy but is it any good?

The Guardian - US

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #64

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor

Former teacher says learning classical rhetoric can help pupils become better communicators

The Guardian - UK

Do we need this take on Cleopatra?

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" has its moments but do we really need another take on this superstar of history?

Salon

Queen Cleopatra: What To Know Before You Watch The Netflix Docudrama

Here are five things you should keep in mind before watching Netflix's Queen Cleopatra docudrama.

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WhatToWatch

Queen Cleopatra cast: who's who in the Netflix period documentary

Queen Cleopatra is a docu-drama series about the icon. But who's in the cast?

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TV Tonight: Our highlights for Wednesday, May 10

Race Across the World is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

The Conversation

Cleopatra's skin colour didn't matter in ancient Egypt – her strategic role in world history did

Cleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. Much debate has raged about her ethnicity. The queen was of Greek ancestry. In the Netflix series she’s played by a black actress. The fuss…

The Street

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Making healthy choices at a fast food restaurant is not easy, but experts say consumers do have options.

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2,000-year-old hoard of Roman coins may have been hidden by a soldier during a bloody civil war in Italy

The silver coins, mainly from the first century B.C., were unearthed in Tuscany in Italy and are hidden relics from a turbulent time in Roman history.

The Conversation

Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

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Ex Casualty villain to lead huge Netflix show alongside Hollywood star

A former Casualty star is set to take center stage in Queen Cleopatra...

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Queen Cleopatra: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and all about Jada Pinkett Smith's docu-drama series

Queen Cleopatra on Netflix stars Casualty’s Adele James plus former EastEnders actors John Partridge and Michael Greco.

The Guardian - UK

Julius Caesar review – timeless account of the flimsiness of power

Atri Banerjee’s RSC production stresses the remarkable universality of the play’s examination of leaders and the led

Salon

No, your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m no white man in a toga’: Thalissa Teixeira on having a stab at Brutus

The actor, better known as a TV cop, is portraying Julius Caesar’s assassin in a first for the RSC. She reveals why she’s been studying revolutionaries, from Mexican Zapatistas to Welsh nationalists

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