James Osborne

When making videogame Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, how did the team of developers at Warhorse Studios balance historical accuracy with the demands of gameplay? We spoke to the minds behind the sequel to find out more about the compromises on the table when building an immersive historical setting

Discover the long and fascinating history behind Kuttenberg, a central location in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, that you can still visit today.

The question of who owns Greenland rings throughout history, arguably beginning in the Viking Age. But since the Second World War, the ownership of Greenland has taken on an enhanced and ever-evolving geopolitical significance…

He's a key figure in new Prime Video series Those About To Die, but who was Emperor Titus? What was his impact on the ancient Roman Empire? And does he stand as one of Rome’s most overlooked leaders?

The Black Panther Party, a fake movie production, and a nationwide manhunt. This is the true story of Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba. The Big Cigar is now streaming on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_TheBigCigar This limited series stars André Holland as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton, and is executive produced by NAACP Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois, Jim Hecht, and Joshuah Bearman, with the first two episodes directed and executive produced by multi-award winner Don Cheadle. The s…

Who was Benjamin Franklin really? Franklin, starring and executive produced by Academy, Emmy, and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Douglas, is now streaming on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Franklin Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” Franklin explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, b…

As the BBC’s new archaeological documentary series Pompeii: The New Dig debuts, we unpack some of the most amazing revelations from the show

Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett ended the 12-day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, as dramatised in an Apple TV+ series, by shooting and fatally wounding President Lincoln’s killer. But there’s much more to the true story of Corbett’s life…

A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This is the astonishing story of the high-stakes hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Manhunt is now streaming on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Manhunt Based on The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book from author James L. Swanson, “Manhunt” is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing s…

Mary Surratt’s involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, as seen in the new Apple TV+ series Manhunt, is fraught with controversy and ambiguity. What is the complicated truth about her role in the plot, how much did she know, and was she really guilty?