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Why it’s time to stop under-estimating South African wine

For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a supermarket bargain rather than a fine wine contender. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, with world-class terroir, a deep winemaking history and producers crafting bottles that can rival Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne, it’s time for UK drinkers to take it…

The Independent UK

Civilization 7's 'first major update' tweaks balance and fixes some UI issues, but don't expect an overhaul

Civilization 7's 1.1.0 patch is available now for PC and consoles, and is Firaxis' first big response to player feedback.

PC Gamer

Trump under fire for likening himself to Napoleon amid attacks on judges

President posted ‘he who saves his country does not violate any laws’ quote attributed to French emperor

The Guardian - US

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Titanic talents, fabulous florals and a river of black stone – the week in art

Emii Alrai homes in on Vesuvius, Cézanne and Manet go on display and Yayoi Kusama shows us her green fingers

The Guardian - UK

The Great Fire of London, Hitler's rise and 9/11: Which Nostradamus predictions came true?

The historic seer has developed a large following for his eerie predictions – but which have actually come true?

Evening Standard

The Sims creator's new life sim will let you arrange dinner with Napoleon, or 'a cage match between Cleopatra and my grandma'

A life sim where players collaboratively create memories for in-game avatars? It can only be a Will Wright game…

PC Gamer

Pope Francis to focus on regional 'crisis and conflict' during first papal visit to Corsica

A brief visit by Pope Francis to the French island of Corsica will put a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular piety on the one hand and migrant deaths and wars on the other

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Milan's Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo's Last Supper

Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening Sunday of Palazzo Citterio

The Independent UK

Napoleon’s pistols gifted after Waterloo expected to fetch £14,000 at auction

The former emperor gave the weapons to Captain Marshall on HMS Bellerophon, which was moored off Plymouth.

Evening Standard

When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’

Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded

The Guardian - UK

‘Total Hollywood BS’: Gladiator 2 Is Historically Inaccurate, Historian Says

No, there were no sharks in the Colosseum in ancient Rome, Dr. Shadi Bartsch pointed out. The post ‘Total Hollywood BS’: Gladiator 2 Is Historically Inaccurate, Historian Says first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Paul Mescal has one Russell Crowe hope ahead of Gladiator 2

‘We haven’t spoken to each other,’ the actor said

The Independent UK

Historian dismisses Gladiator II as ‘total Hollywood bulls***’

Director Ridley Scott told critics of historical inaccuracies in his previous film ‘Napoleon’ to ‘get a life’

The Independent UK

‘Britain’s brass bands older than thought and invented Napoleonic War soldiers’

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

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Britain’s brass bands ‘older than thought’ and could date to Napoleonic War

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

The Guardian - UK

British escaper’s stolen Napoleonic uniform and journal go on display in London

PoW Charles Hare, 19, escaped in rare uniform with tall feathered hat and travelled back to Lincolnshire – accompanied by his dog

PC Gamer

Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution tosses mechs into the French Revolution, but doesn't toss out the history

It's the French Revolution, but with mechs (but definitely still the French Revolution).

Sports Illustrated

Big Ten, SEC Take Next Step Toward Control Over College Football

The conferences can further shape the playoff as they see fit and plot ways to further gerrymander the selection process in their favor.

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The Guardian - UK

Please stop Liz Truss making public appearances. Not for our benefit, for hers

Truss events have almost become freak shows where audiences turn up to see what mad thing she will say next

Digital Camera World

This is how Ridley Scott used Sony cameras and DJI drones to turn 100 people into 10,000 soldiers!

You might not realise it, but drone-based 3D scanning with Sony cameras played a massive role in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon; Visualskies producer told me Dora Schluttenhofer how

The Conversation

The Sorrows of Young Werther at 250: Goethe’s dangerous romantic hero influenced fashion, fiction – and Napoleon

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

Cycling Weekly

Will Remco Evenepoel do the double at the World Championships, or is Tadej Pogačar’s victory inevitable?

It seems like we are in for a titanic battle in the elite men’s road race, and history could be made

The Guardian - UK

Battle of Waterloo dig uncovers horror of severed limbs and shot horses

Excavators in Belgium find 15 limbs and seven equine skeletons at site of decisive 1815 battle against Napoleon

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Ridley Scott's Napoleon just got 48 minutes longer for Apple TV Plus subscribers

Napoleon fans now have an additional 48 minutes of content to watch after Ridley Scott's movie received a new director's cut release on Apple TV Plus.

The Guardian - UK

‘A 70-year-old skipping about pretending to be 20’: the new era of age-blind casting

Though Ian McKellen gave his Hamlet at the age of 82, older women rarely get the chance to play young characters. But with Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly and Geraldine James as Rosalind, are things finally changing?

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