James Walton

Watching Queen Cleopatra felt like witnessing the death of scholarship

Plus: an avalanche of rather histrionic plotting from BBC1's new drama Ten Pound Poms

Adele James (right) as Queen Cleopatra 
issue 20 May 2023
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