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WWII historian reveals huge flaw in Dunkirk you won’t be able to unsee

Posted: September 18, 2024 at 10:18 am   /   Movies

James Holland, the prominent World War Two historian has listed the historical inaccuracies in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed film ‘Dunkirk’. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day scene has two major inaccuracies claims World War II historian

Posted: August 16, 2024 at 10:18 pm   /   Movies

Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day scene, starring Tom Hanks, has a couple of major inaccuracies, claims a World War II historian. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Greeks ‘can’t be trusted’ to return Elgin Marbles, historian sensationally claims

Posted: March 20, 2023 at 10:18 pm   /   Top Stories

Campaigners have branded the view taken by University of Oxford research fellow Sir Noel Malcolm “outdated and patronising” and called for a “reasonable and sensible debate” on the future of the Elgin Marbles. Daily Express :: News Feed

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How a historian saw his quest for truth about the Mountbattens thwarted by state machinery

Posted: May 28, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

It’s 40 years since Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA, a death and a life still mired in controversy and mystery. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Winston Churchill statue: ‘WW2 PM in different category to Edward Colston’ says historian

Posted: August 1, 2020 at 10:23 am   /   Books

WINSTON CHURCHILL’s statue in Parliament Square was vandalised earlier this summer, but a prominent Churchill historian argues the World War II prime minister is in a different category to the slave-owning Edward Colston. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Historian critcises anti-Brexit campaigners for prorogation fury ‘Not matter for courts’

Posted: September 18, 2019 at 10:15 am   /   Entertainment

THE decision to go to court in a bid to reverse Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament is a last-ditch tactic to frustrate the will of the British people by bad losers who refuse to accept the result of the 2016 referendum, a think tank chief has said. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Historian Bettany Hughes: My six best books

Posted: February 2, 2017 at 9:37 pm   /   Books

BETTANY HUGHES, 49, is a historian and broadcaster whose television documentaries include Britain’s Secret Treasures, The Ancient World and The Spartans. Her latest book Istanbul: A Tale Of Three Cities (W&N, £25, is out now. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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In the closet with TV historian Kate Williams

Posted: December 13, 2015 at 5:34 pm   /   Fashion

THE TV historian steps back in time with Victorian frocks and vintage jewels. Daily Express :: Style Feed

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Historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore: My six best books

Posted: December 11, 2015 at 5:24 am   /   Books

SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, 50, is a historian and novelist whose books include the award-winning Young Stalin and Jerusalem: The Biography. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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World’s first UFO sighting spotted in… HULL – historian discovers 200 year old ET

Posted: November 28, 2015 at 5:22 pm   /   Entertainment

The search for the truth of Earth’s earliest alien visitors may be over after new research revealed a close encounter from 1801… in Hull. Daily Express :: News Feed

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