Why are our cinema screens suddenly heaving with young women of historical importance?
Jasper Rees investigates A year from now, at the 2009 Academy Awards, it is possible to imagine a scenario in which a quartet of young actresses are nominated for playing women from Britain’s glorious past. For the past few years it’s been all Elizabeth, the queen famous for strategically guarding her virginity, but in the coming months the big screen will be crowded with history girls who operated a more open-door policy towards sex……………………..
