Screenwriters interpret historical events to entertain,but to acquire up facts shows a lack of responsibilityIt says much about how our patterns of media consumption believe changed that my festive top pick wasn’t the BBC’s vast-ticket Christmas Day offering, but the second series of the Netflix drama The Crown. It didnt disappoint: its combination of emotional drama, or sweeping history and exquisite acting made it one of the most entertaining things I’ve watched in 2017.
I suspect I’m not alone in consuming most of my history through popular culture. I’d struggle to name a straight-up history book I’ve read this year. But I cheered the Dunkirk flotilla in its stunning cinematic depiction and shed a tear alongside Jackie Kennedy in this year’s biopic. I’m looking forward to the recent Churchill film in January,while I was gutted to hear that the final instalment in Hilary Mantels trilogy of novels about Thomas Cromwell may be delayed until 2019.
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Source: guardian.co.uk