History as Farce: Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin

Tunnel Vision: Rachel Chrastil’s Bismarck’s War

Empty Spectacle: Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II

Best of Frienemies: Adrian Goldsworthy’s Rome and Persia

A Human Connection? James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg

Dark Déjà Vu: Harald Jähner’s Vertigo

Private Fictions: Steven Knight’s House of Guinness

Lonely at the Top: Mary Beard’s Emperor of Rome

Vibing with Ed: Netflix’s Sunday Best