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Review: Legion at the British Museum

Review: Legion at the British Museum

Our editor visited the new exhibition and came away impressed.
Oliver Webb-Carter

Legion at the British Museum When one imagines the Roman Empire, as so many do as we recently learnt, the sheer scale implies some kind of chaotic organisation. With the boundaries stretching from Scotland to Libya, and from Portugal to the Caspian Sea, the...

Bonus Podcast 10

Bonus Podcast 10

The Princes in the Tower with History with Jackson Pod | RSS.com

Film Club 15

Film Club 15

Film Club: Conspiracy (2001) - The Wannsee Conference | RSS.com

A Divided Kingdom: Robert Harris on Act of Oblivion

A Divided Kingdom: Robert Harris on Act of Oblivion

Our editor met Robert Harris to talk about his latest novel set in the aftermath of the fall of Cromwell.
Oliver Webb-Carter

In preparation for my meeting with Robert Harris (of course I’d read his latest novel, Act of Oblivion), I read a number of interviews and listened to his Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young. 12 years old now, it is a fascinating and enlightening episode, and gave...