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In a sick world, it is dangerous for film-makers to fabricate and embellish in the name of entertainment, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The director’s press tour for his new epic Napoleon has been a treasure trove of quotes attacking historians, France and his peers

Joaquin Phoenix riveting in the title role of director Ridley Scott’s violent, sometimes hilarious epic.

The ​impressive c​ombat sequences pull you right in, but ​both the director and Joaquin Phoenix​ as Bonaparte struggle to show us what drove ​the military mastermind

Radio Wales investigates the death of GCHQ’s Gareth Williams; Alice Loxton uncovers snippets of spy lore; and first-time producers deliver BBC radio gold

Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure that knowledge of the outcome – battles won or lost, empires built then ruined – doesn’t make the story seem like…

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic is released next week, but from birthplace to battlefields you can still follow in Bonaparte’s mighty footsteps

The life of Napoleon proves too large for Ridley Scott to capture — at least with any sort of historical nuance.

Napoleon review: "One of Ridley Scott's best in almost two decades"