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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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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).

PC Gamer

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.

Sports Illustrated

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Digital Camera World

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.

The Conversation

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

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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

iMore

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?

International Business Times

Sweat And Silly Hats At Paris 'Marathon For All'

To mark turning 50 in style, French amateur runner Charlotte Prior donned her trainers and joined more than 40,000 people in a late-night marathon through some of Paris's most spectacular sites.

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Malcolm McDowell: ‘Kubrick had stewed pears and sour chicken for lunch because Napoleon did’

The actor answers your questions on Peter O’Toole, the new version of Caligula, growing up in Liverpool – and having his eyeballs scraped

France 24

In pictures: Paris Olympics are a feast for the eyes as iconic venues take centre stage

From our special correspondent - The sporting competitions at the Paris Olympic Games are being staged at some of France’s most emblematic locations: the Palace of Versailles, the former bastion of the French monarchy; the final resting place of Napoleon at Les Invalides; that most Parisian of monuments, the Eiffel…

Evening Standard

Martello tower fortress in Suffolk on sale for £450,000 – with a RIBA award-winning neighbour for inspiration

The quirky sea fort, one of around a hundred across England, neighbours award-winning ‘Tower Y’ which sold for well over a million

The Guardian - UK

Mistruths we’re told about British history

Letter: Neither the second world war nor the Battle of Waterloo were won solely by the British, writes Dr Peter Purton, and repeating historical myths feeds false ideas of exceptionalism

TechRadar

Can’t wait to stream Prime Video’s Bridgerton rival My Lady Jane? Here are 3 more period dramas to watch now – and one has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Here are three period dramas to take you back in time while you wait to start streaming My Lady Jane on Prime Video next week.

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Ridley Scott turns three French farmhouses into artful holiday villas

Ridley Scott transforms French farmhouses into holiday lets, the latest addition to the filmmaker’s Provençal wine estate, Mas des Infermières

The Independent UK

Stolen Titian painting found at London bus stop put up for auction

Christie’s says piece, stolen from Longleat estate in 1995 and found in a plastic bag seven years later, expected to fetch upto £25m

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