Now “Gladiator” is back, with the sequel storming modern arenas (called cinemas) on November 15th in Britain and November ...

This 12-part, Seventies BBC period drama, adapted from Robert Graves's novels of the Roman Empire, stands as one of the all-time TV greats. Derek Jacobi gives a breathtaking performance as the ...

Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

Chief among the insights we gain from reading history is that what we read is often relevant to what we are experiencing ...

Director Herbert Wise (I, Claudius; Skokie) shares his personal and professional stories from a five-decade long career. Fleeing Austria as a child to escape the Nazis, Wise found a new home in Great ...

I know I can always escape into novels by P.G. Wodehouse and Patrick O’Brian and find strength in biographies of past leaders ...

MASTERPIECE fans will recognize him from I, Claudius, as well as from Mystery!: Cadfael, Little Dorrit, and The Wyvern Mystery. Emma Fielding stars as Nicolette, the kind servant to Monsieur ...

The Islands of Unwisdom cannot be compared to his best novels (I, Claudius, Claudius the God, Sergeant Lamb’s America), but it yields a rich vegetation of outlandish history, and its narrative ...

Gladiator II may not reach the heights of its predecessor, but Ridley Scott delivers a thrilling spectacle with epic action.

IT’S been nearly 20 years since panto legend Christopher Biggins was crowned King of the Jungle. While little about I’m A ...

Jacobi has also made numerous television appearances including starring as Claudius in the BBC series I, Claudius (1976), for ...

Early on in Gladiator II, for example, during Paul Mescal’s first big showcase scene as ripped fighter Lucius Verus, Sir Ridley throws a whole troop of ravenous, screeching baboons into the arena to ...