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From immortalised classical epics to lesser-known myths

One hundred years ago, Paris held its second Olympic Games. Thanks to the film Chariots of Fire (1981), which dramatised the true story of two determined British sprinters, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, as they trained for the competition, Paris 1924 is one of the most famous of the pre-second…

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over prestigious literary appointment

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

Records from the National Archive reveal the cut-throat world of British poetry, and the politics behind selecting candidates

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment.

There’s plenty of romantic intrigue, but this glossy period drama about the British war poet is singularly lacking in erotic tension

The scandalous love triangle between poet Robert Graves, his feminist wife and a charismatic American writer is the subject of this erotic and entertainingly silly film

Director William Nunez describes why he focused on a time when the poet Robert Graves – best known for a memoir Goodbye to All That and historical novel I, Claudius – left his wife and family in pursuit of creativity at any cost