Alexander

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

AS THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY MAKES ITS JOURNEY TO ENGLAND’S SHORES, THE BBC HAS RELEASED THIS RETELLING OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF 1066. BUT DOES THIS MEDIEVAL EPIC FALL INTO THE SAME TRAPS AND TROPES AS SO MANY DRAB HISTORICAL DRAMAS BEFORE IT?

The 1066 Norman Conquest is retold with plenty of blood and guts

JOHN BOORMAN’S MAGICAL KING ARTHUR CLASSIC

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

O NE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Once upon ...