Before his 2024 film Hard Truths was released, Leigh's most recent film was a historical war drama from 2018. Peterloo stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, and David Moorst in a large ensemble cast ...

Miss Hulme believes it is the first time Peterloo relatives have been traced from an image. In 2018, she was shown a book containing a photograph dated 1884 depicting a group of elderly activists.

A new film from the legend that is director Mike Leigh is always an occasion and his latest, the BAFTA-nominated Hard Truths, is no exception. After the Victorian settings of Peterloo (2018) and Mr ...

Hard Truths is Leigh's first film since 2018's Peterloo and will co-star frequent Leigh collaborator Michele Austin (Another Year, Secrets & Lies). After Peterloo and 2014's Mr. Turner ...

On 16 August 1819 over 50,000 people gathered at St Peter's Field in Manchester to protest the right to vote, by the end of the day what became known as the Peterloo Massacre, would lead to the ...