Cleopatra

Book Review

A definitive biography of Liz and Dick, Hollywood’s most controversial and glamorous couple

Roger Lewis answers what it is about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that still hooks us in

Harry Mount

Shakespeare in black and white

Race is not where we find it — it is where we put it

Peter W. Wood

Netflix’s black Cleopatra is ahistorical

The wish to find female African heroines is understandable — but it is also vital to get the facts right

David Abulafia

Cleopatra still dazzles sixty years later

The film is, above all, an Elizabeth Taylor-worshipping vehicle

Art Tavana

What could be more repellent than a bald man covered in hair?

Julius Caesar was very sensitive about his baldness, combing his thinning hair upwards over his crown

Peter Jones