So I was rather excited to be asked to review the new Sky Atlantic TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century. The series ...

Luca Marinelli plays the infamous Benito Mussolini in this eight-part series, charting the leader's ascent to power during the 1920s. In the original teaser trailer, a voice thunders: "My name is ...

As a historian who has studied and taught courses on Italian fascism, I have spent many hours watching footage and listening to the speeches of dictator Benito Mussolini, who ruled over the ...

Il Duce: Benito Mussolini in Rome in February 1927. World History Archive / Alamy It is impossible to ignore the contemporary relevance of this series, and it is clearly intended as a warning.

It all starts to go horribly wrong… After the disastrous invasion of Greece, Mussolini sends troops to Russia. Benito’s Blitz prompts bemusement in Britain. An Italian assassin somehow ...

The term was first used by members of Benito Mussolini's movement, the Fasci Italiani organisation, which transitioned into the National Fascist Party and largely inspired the international spread ...

stringing up a fake body upside down in an imitation of the hanging of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's corpse in the very same square in 1945. As reported by Italian agency ANSA ...

In the opening moments of Sky’s new, eight-part biopic Mussolini: Son of the Century, we hear the man himself speak. “For 20 years you adored me and feared me, as a god. Then you madly hated ...