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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MEDIEVAL LATEST
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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Templars: From Crusaders to Conspiracists
Steve Tibble
In 1187 the Templars fought heroically at Hattin. Just over 100 years later the order was mixed up in a bizarre sex crime.
The Graveyard of Empires: The Soviets Go Into Afghanistan
Phil Halton
The author of a new thriller set in late 1970s Kabul describes the politics of the time.
Vesuvius in the Age of Revolution
John Brewer
Mt Vesuvius has been an object of fascination for many years.
Culture & Democracy in West Germany
Michael H Kater
Democracy was vital to a thriving cultural scene in the FRG post war.
Crime in Victorian London
Wild Boys, elephants, and a hippopotamus all feature in a London that was a dangerous place to be in the 19th century.
Crassus: The First Tycoon
The wealthiest of the First Triumvirate inevitably flew too close to the sun.
How Decisive Was the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese attack was not as decisive as it should have been.
Secret Tentacles: The Broederbond and Die Broederskap
David Cairns
A secret society's tentacles stretched from South Africa to Australia.
1066 and the Battle for the Island Kingdom
Don Hollway
The Battle of Hastings was the culmination of decades of struggle for power.
Historians & Hollywood
Historians have been keen to give their opinions on the latest Napoleon movie.
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