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Discussion on Pope Francis' successor and 'Conclave' film at Rome Film Festival depicting papal power struggles.

A bunch of old men in robes sitting inside and picking a pontiff is not your average pitch in Hollywood

With Conclave, Edward Berger creates another engaging portrait of humanity set in the Vatican, but a few quibbles keep it from ascending to higher plains.

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The Strictly Come Dancing judge spoke about his latest novel at the Henley Literary Festival

Robert Harris discussed his latest novel Precipice at the festival on Sunday

For his latest bestseller, ‘Precipice’, Robert Harris trawled secret letters to bring to life the hidden relationship between prime minister HH Asquith and a beautiful young socialite more than three decades his junior. The author tells Geordie Greig about the female character who moved him to tears, what Asquith’s family…

Wartime PM Asquith shares love letters and state secrets with aristocrat Venetia Stanley in a juicy political drama drawn from history

The actor leads a top-tier ensemble, including Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini, in an entertainingly juicy adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel

In this nuanced and poignant retelling of the affair between HH Asquith and Venetia Stanley, the novelist blurs the line between fact and fiction, illuminating love and power