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What are the best films and TV shows about pontiffs?

Oscar-winning film Conclave was released last year.

Evening Standard

‘Conclave’ viewership soars after Pope’s death – How accurate is the Oscar-winning film?

Edward Berger's Oscar-winning film 'Conclave' has re-entered the cultural conversation following Pope Francis' death. The 2024 film feels prescient considering the upcoming conclave – something mirrored in viewership numbers. But how accurate is the film? Here’s everything you need to know.

Euronews

Hay Festival 2025: ‘Carnival of ideas’ returns with new events programme

Annual literary event has become a prominent occasion in British culture and boasts a star-studded lineup with over 600 events

The Independent UK

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Michael Sheen, Anton Du Beke and Donald Trump’s niece among Hay Festival line-up

The arts and literature event will also see Hanif Kureishi, who woke up without the use of his hands, arms and legs, speak.

Evening Standard

Life imitates art as Pope Francis fights pneumonia while ‘Conclave’ heads into Oscars

The Vatican traditionally avoids discussing papal succession while the current pontiff is ill

The Independent UK

Author Robert Harris on 'Conclave' success ahead of Sunday's Oscars

“Conclave” author Robert Harris isn’t staying up to watch the Oscars

The Independent UK

Why Conclave should win the best picture Oscar

Sturdy, classic storytelling and a peerless cast led by Ralph Fiennes’s anxious cardinal make this drama of Vatican intrigue a solid bet

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How to watch 6 Best Picture Oscar movie nominations at home in 4K, HDR and Dolby Atmos

How to watch six Best Picture Oscar movie nominees in the best quality at home.

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Gill Hornby: ‘Jane Austen created the six best novels in the English language’

The writer on her third novel, Miss Austen, being turned into a TV drama, what we get wrong about the much-loved author – and why she would never write a book with her husband, Robert Harris

The Guardian - UK

Stanley Tucci loved Captain America: The First Avenger role

Stanley Tucci has revealed that playing scientist Abraham Erskine in Marvel blockbuster 'Captain America: The First Avenger' was one of the most enjoyable roles of his career.

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Conclave: tight thriller about Vatican power politics chimes with a year of elections

A largely faithful adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, Edward Berger’s Conclave narrates the election of a new pope after the sudden death of the pontiff.

The Conversation

Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes is almighty in thrilling papal tussle

Fiennes gives one of the performances of the year as a cardinal assailed on all sides in Edward Berger’s elegant adaptation of Robert Harris’s Vatican bestseller

The Guardian - UK

Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes shines as papal election results in high-camp gripper

Fiennes is broodingly compelling as a potential English pope caught up in murky Vatican intrigue around choosing the next pontiff

The Guardian - UK

Best historical fiction books of 2024, from Robert Harris to Colm Tóibín

THE LIST: Transport yourself back to a bygone era with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the best historical fiction releases of the year

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Vatican Succession Drama Unfolds In 'Conclave' Film

Discussion on Pope Francis' successor and 'Conclave' film at Rome Film Festival depicting papal power struggles.

The Independent UK

'Conclave' and Ralph Fiennes go for the (papal) throne

A bunch of old men in robes sitting inside and picking a pontiff is not your average pitch in Hollywood

WhatToWatch

Conclave review: Ralph Fiennes movie is a solid political thriller, but minor sins keep it from greatness

With Conclave, Edward Berger creates another engaging portrait of humanity set in the Vatican, but a few quibbles keep it from ascending to higher plains.

Evening Standard

Sally Rooney, Hanif Kureishi, Elizabeth Strout: the best new books for Autumn

Discover the best new books this Autumn, from gripping novels to insightful memoirs

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The Independent UK

Anton du Beke says dancing helped him become an author as he shared passion for storytelling

The Strictly Come Dancing judge spoke about his latest novel at the Henley Literary Festival

The Independent UK

Novelist Robert Harris tells Henley Literary Festival that 20th-century politicians in love had it easier

Robert Harris discussed his latest novel Precipice at the festival on Sunday

The Independent UK

Novelist Robert Harris on uncovering the most scandalous secret love affair in British political history

For his latest bestseller, ‘Precipice’, Robert Harris trawled secret letters to bring to life the hidden relationship between prime minister HH Asquith and a beautiful young socialite more than three decades his junior. The author tells Geordie Greig about the female character who moved him to tears, what Asquith’s family…

The Guardian - UK

Precipice by Robert Harris review – the prime minister’s affair

Wartime PM Asquith shares love letters and state secrets with aristocrat Venetia Stanley in a juicy political drama drawn from history

The Guardian - US

Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes takes charge of tense papal election thriller

The actor leads a top-tier ensemble, including Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini, in an entertainingly juicy adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel

The Guardian - UK

Precipice by Robert Harris review – the PM and the socialite

In this nuanced and poignant retelling of the affair between HH Asquith and Venetia Stanley, the novelist blurs the line between fact and fiction, illuminating love and power

The Guardian - UK

Sex and secrets in PM’s limo: Asquith’s wild trysts with socialite mistress

Author Robert Harris discovers adulterous affair was cause of military and political crises at the onset of first world war

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