We need to talk about nero

Discover the real story behind one of the ancient world’s most notorious emperors

On 20 March 44 BC, a violent death in Rome was about to send assembled masses into uproar – sparking pandemonium that threatened to engulf the city. The incident described by the ancient biographer Su

It’s a measure of the enduring appeal of Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 swords-and-sandals epic that, when most of us hear the name Spartacus, a dimple-chinned Kirk Douglas springs immediately to mind. Heroic

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE ACTOR HAS FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO THE DARK AND THE DISTURBING… AND THE STRANGE. NOW, AS HE PLAYS POWER-HUNGRY MANIAC LEX LUTHOR IN SUPERMAN , HE TELLS US WHY NORMALITY IS HIS KRYPTONITE

Emily Briffett: Why does the 14th century, which is often dubbed ‘calamitous’, have such a bad reputation? Helen Carr: Some pretty bad things happened during the 14th century – including the greatest

“Spirit of Stalin, come and talk to me.” If you want to communicate through a medium with the Soviet Union’s feared dictator, Joseph Stalin, you can find a site on the internet via Russian Google. The