The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
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A new short story, City of the Damned, follows Ireland’s most formidable rebel from the battlefield to Rome, tracing the life of a man who came close to breaking English rule.
From the Malayan campaign to the tense final days of Japanese rule in Singapore, the career of Lt Col “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, preserved in family papers, brings to light wartime stories of the Indian Army and the final years of the Raj.
During the race for wartime technology, Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando led Britain’s hunt for enemy intelligence as the Allied invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy gathered pace.
Jasmine Guama
A dark and emotionally charged production of Ghosts at the Questors Theatre.
Michael Livingston
What we label the Hundred Years War is an example of modern periodisation, clouding the forces at play in the Anglo-French conflicts of the Medieval period. Reframing the conflict over two centuries uncovers how such European rivalries prompted the era of global exploration that followed.
Mickey Mayhew
A fresh look at the Romanovs in captivity reveals the Tsarina Alexandra's courage, flaws and steel during the Russian Revolution.
Peter Kasl
A first-hand account of an 11-year-old fleeing communist Czechoslovakia, the years that followed in the West and the price of pursuing freedom.
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
When an Arctic convoy was ordered to scatter in July 1942, disaster appeared inescapable, but a combination of nerve, improvisation and camouflage saw crisis averted.
The author examines the Allied victory in Tunisia in May 1943, showing how coordinated land, air, and armoured operations led to the capture of Tunis and the decisive defeat of Axis forces in North Africa.
Andrew Bayliss
The author uses the Battle of the Champions to show how warfare, discipline, and ideas of honour and shame shaped Spartan society.
