Is colour-blind casting on TV and film, particularly documentaries, creating misleading and horrible history?

Dispelling the TV and film myth that gladiators in the Roman arena hailed the emperor with the word "Those who are about to die salute you!"

Correcting a documentary faux pas, discover the history behind men's braces (suspenders if you prefer).

Despite the best efforts of historians, the internet is still awash with misconceptions about the Middle Ages. Many of these ideas were...

What follows was inspired by the tweet on May 25th, 2022 by @HistoryFilmClub shown right. Like many who responded naming just one...

Created by Peter Bowker, ‘World on Fire’ is a British war drama television series set in the Second World War. It follows the intertwined...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right . Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

‘ 10 modern things the Romans had ’ is a YouTube video created and hosted by Raffaello Urbani, who is otherwise known as ‘Metatron’. His...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by an @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right . Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

'Never judge a book by its cover.' I have no idea who first articulated these wise words, but I admit to pre-judging the History...

Here at Tastes Of History we pride ourselves on trying to be as accurate as possible in what we do, especially when recreating history...

Sometimes when you are watching a television programme or film, the simplest thing can ruin its enjoyment. For example, an Army officer...

The first episode of Britain's Most Historic Towns aired on April 8th, 2018 on Channel 4. We had the pleasure of working alongside the...

Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series 'Kew on a Plate' presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew...