As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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A Spy in the Archive: How I Pieced Together a Stay-Behind Network
The author reveals how he reconstructed Sweden’s secret Cold War stay-behind network from fragments in archives, diaries and interviews.
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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States
A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
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Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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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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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States
A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
read moreHow Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?
Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.
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Has 2026 Changed the World of Assassination?
A timely inquiry proposes that assassination today remains a fixture of statecraft as recent targeted killings continue to pervade the geopolitical sphere but rarely deliver clear strategic success.
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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.
Anglo Saxons in the Varangian Guard
The English Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire.
British Ballet
Ballet and Britain’s relationship is a relatively recent one, and largely due to one Irish-born woman, Ninette de Valois
Could the Pearl Harbor Attack Have Been Averted?
The Hawaiian decrypts reveal much.
Spy School: A Curriculum for Espionage
Lizzie Bentham
What training did secret agents receive during World War II to prepare them for missions in occupied Europe?
A Family Created by War
Matt Graydon
The journalist and author on his family which took opposing sides during WW2.
Nature: Challenges & Changes
Stephen Mills
The wildlife filmmaker on the problems faced and a blueprint for the future.
Napoleon’s Birthday
Ruth Scurr
Let's raise a glass on the 15th August to celebrate Bonaparte. Vive l'empereur!
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