historical
Avebury Henge (the lesser known, largest stone circle in Britain—circa 2850 to 2200 BC)
Avebury, England
Wonders | photography, British, historical, travel, flora & fauna
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Deadwood
(created by David Milch)
Highly Recommended! | TV series, crime, drama, historical, Timothy Olyphant, Gerald McRaney, John Hawkes, David Milch, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif, Ian McShane, W. Earl Brown, Paula Malcomson, Dayton Callie, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, Sean Bridgers, Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Dickens, Powers Boothe, Titus Welliver, Peter Jason, Anna Gunn, Ralph Richeson, Keone Young, Garret Dillahunt, Brent Sexton, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Michael Harney, Ray McKinnon, Josh Eriksson, Franklyn Ajaye, Ricky Jay, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Brian Cox, Sarah Paulson, Zach Grenier, Cleo King, Stephen Tobolowsky, Allan Graf, Richard Gant
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Dunkirk
(written by Christopher Nolan)
Highly Recommended! | British, drama, film, action, thriller, Tom Hardy, historical, war, Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Glynn-Carney, James Bloor
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Legend
(written by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel "The Profession of Violence" by John Pearson)
Highly Recommended! | British, crime, drama, film, thriller, Tom Hardy, historical, biography, Brian Helgeland, Paul Anderson, film based on novel, John Pearson, Christopher Eccleston, Emily Browning, Sam Hoare, Colin Morgan, Chris Mason
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Hidden Figures
(written by Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi, based on the novel by Margot Lee Shetterly)
Highly Recommended! | drama, film, historical, biography, film based on novel, Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder, Margot Lee Shetterly
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Ip Man
(written by Edmond Wong and Tai-Li Chan)
Highly Recommended! | drama, film, action, historical, biography, Chinese, Wilson Yip, Edmond Wong, Tai-Li Chan, Donnie Yen, Siu-Wong Fan, Lynn Hung, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Follow Your Curiosity"Don't read about the period that you're researching, read in the period … magazines, memoirs, letters that were written in that period, and take no notes. Because when you come to write the thing, if you've taken notes you think you have to use them, whereas if you've immersed yourself in the period, what you need will come to you." (paraphrased)
— Mary Lee Settle
for Creatives | creative process, historical, writing, Mary Lee Settle
"To write historical fiction of any kind—short stories or not—you need to be able to close your eyes and have the past blaze up around you."
— Todd James Pierce (art by Egbert Lievensz. Van Der Poel)
for Creatives | creative process, historical, writing, creating in the moment, Egbert Lievensz. Van Der Poel
The King's Speech
(written by David Seidler)
Highly Recommended! | British, drama, film, historical, biography, Adrian Scarborough, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Tom Hooper, David Seidler
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Spotlight
(written by Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer)
Highly Recommended! | drama, film, historical, biography, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Michael Keaton
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Peaky Blinders
(created & written by Steven Knight)
Highly Recommended! | TV series, British, crime, drama, Tom Hardy, historical, Cillian Murphy, Steven Knight, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Sophie Rundle, Sam Neill, Annabelle Wallis
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Spring Snow
(written by Yukio Mishima)
Highly Recommended! | books, Japanese, romance, Yukio Mishima, historical, literary fiction
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