Bestselling author and award-winning film-maker Phil Craig explains why he felt compelled to tackle the historical forces at play in his new globe-crossing examination of the final year of World War Two.
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Cicero: The Name of Eloquence
It is in the law courts where we can find much of the great oratory of Cicero, as the author of a new biography shows.
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Who Will Rescue Us?
The story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust
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The Holy Lance of Antioch
Adam Staten reveals how the search for the Holy Lance shaped the siege of Antioch and divided the First Crusade’s leaders.
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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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The Great Siege of Malta
Marcus Bull
In 1565 the Ottomans attempted to besiege the island of Malta. A new history has been written, and its author describes the Christian victory over Suleiman the Magnificent.
LBJ’s Flawed Plan
Goeffrey Wawro
The American strategy in Vietnam was destined to failure from the start, so argues the author of a new military history of the war.
The Jacobite Uprising and the Battle of Preston, 1715
The ’15 began in the wake of the Georgian assumption of the English throne as the Old Pretender saw an opportunity to claim back the throne taken from his father by William of Orange.
The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
Caroline Alexander
Allied pilots flew treacherous flights over the Himalayas to provide supplies to Chang Kai Shek’s army, and the author of a new book describes the mission.
Historical Heroes: Matthew Flinders
Conscious of following in the footsteps of his own heroes, Flinders, the cartographer of Australia, illustrates all the questions surrounding the definition of a historical hero.
My Fair Lady at The Questors Theatre
Get Yourself To The Questors On Time...
A Rare Old Time
A Review of Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners.
Review: A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here
Zoe Brunskill
Not just a performance, but a declaration by Josie Dale-Jones.
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