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.
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30 Commando and The Wizard War, by Alan Bardos
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.
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Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Questors Theatre — A Review
A dark and emotionally charged production of Ghosts at the Questors Theatre.
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The Two Hundred Years War and the Shaping of Our World, by 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 uncover how such European rivalries prompted the era of global exploration that followed.
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What is the Blood Price?
The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?
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Alexander the Great in the Dock
Classics for All’s latest 'moot trial' brought history’s greatest commander to the Supreme Court.
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Hadrian’s Wall: Strategic Masterpiece or Monumental Folly?
Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome?
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Unionism & The Treaty
Ulster leader James Craig thought he had beaten Lloyd George during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
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Roy Farran: Rogue Hero
Bill and David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne were all remarkable SAS officers, but there was one more, Roy Farran who had an extraordinary career.
The House of Windsor in the Modern World
The bestselling historian and author paints a picture of the monarchy today that is very different to the one in 1953.
Kilmartin Glen: Where Scotland Was Born
The author of The Chronicles of Iona looks to one part of the British Isles that was at the forefront of progress in the period.
Captain Edward Columbine and the West Africa Squadron
The West Africa Squadron provided Captain Columbine the opportunity to fight slavery
Lincoln’s Gettysburg; Comer’s Ridgewell
381st Bomb Group was part of the US Air Force’s wider bombing of Germany that cost many lives.
The British Empire, by Matthew Parker
The British Empire reached its territorial peak in September 1923.
Three Men on a Mission: Three Architects of Early Christendom
Emperor Leo III, Saint Boniface and Charles Martel, men who helped establish Christianity.
Crete ’41: Hill 107
Robert Kershaw
Vicious fighting between Kiwi troops and German paratroopers centered on one hill in Crete.
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