The Cynical Historian
Spartacus | Based on a True Story
Today, let’s look at a cinema classic - the 1960 film Spartacus. It has a great deal of problems historically. It is a great movie, but really has no bearing the historical reality....
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The Streisand Effect - Trying to Hide Things On The Internet I INTO CONTEXT
One of the biggest news stories this Christmas was the (un-)cancelled release of Sony Pictures' movie "The Interview". In the movie, Seth Rogan and James Franco try to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. After terror threats...
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Jane Austen - A Biography of Pride and Prejudice I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Nowadays, Jane Austen is one of the world's most well known female authors. Just about everybody has heard of her books like Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. But when her books were published for the first time, her name was...
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The Modern Myth - PIRATES in Pop Culture
The modern image of pirates is very much shaped by glorified stories from books such as the Treasure Island or more recent movies like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But how did we end up cheering for bloodthirsty anarchists?...
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On the Pitch and in Space - The Contest of Ideologies I THE COLD WAR
The Cold War certainly happened on a multitude of fronts like sports, science and of course the military. Each super power had to prove that their ideology was superior through advancements in science or medals during the Olympic Games....
The Great War
A Fate Worse Than Death - Disfigured Veterans of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
Filmed at Romagne 14-18 museum: http://romagne14-18.com Plastic and reconstructive surgery saw rapid development during World War 1. Modern medical care and better equipment increased the chances of survival for the soldiers. But these...