‘Mussolini’ director Joe Wright: ‘When did anti-fascism become controversial?’
Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...
‘Anti-fascism is now a controversial topic’: Director Joe Wright on his Mussolini series and why US streamers are avoiding it
Director Joe Wright talks to Christiane Amanpour about his new series following the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini ...
Why I loved the new Mussolini drama – by an expert in Italian fascism
So I was rather excited to be asked to review the new Sky Atlantic TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century. The series ...
Pope Francis is David to Donald Trump’s Goliath
The Pope is David to Trump’s Goliath I never thought a battle over good and evil would play out in my lifetime between my ...
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The US could sell out Ukraine like France and Britain sold out Czechoslovakia
Allied acquiescence to these moves emboldened him. During the summer of 1938, he demanded that Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland with its large German population to the Reich and threatened to take ...
Luca Marinelli on Revealing Benito Mussolini, the “Man Behind the Mask,” in ‘M. Son of the Century’
The Italian star of the Sky series, launching soon in the U.K., discusses the burden of transforming into the infamous fascist, the joy of working with Joe Wright, and that "make Italy great again" ...
Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples and the results are devastating
It is not the first time large powers have colluded to negotiate new borders or spheres of influence without the input of the ...
Vatican to face demands to return Ethiopian treasures looted by Mussolini
The Vatican will face demands to return Christian treasures looted from Ethiopia, The Telegraph can reveal Ethiopia hopes to ...
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Mussolini: Son of the Century TV review — daring series warns how quickly democracy is dismantled
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Benito Mussolini is standing on a stage, taking in the cheers of a room full of boisterous men, when he ...