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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London’s Pirates
Julie Walker
Julie Walker has brought to life two female pirates, and here she writes about London’s connection piracy.
A E W Mason & The Four Feathers
Alec Marsh wonders why we forget the author of a book that has been adapted six times.
Review: Oh What a Lovely War
Joan Littlewood's satire returns to the Southwark Playhouse.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Japan had no choice but to strike first against America.
Aspects of History Book of the Year: Conflict
Our Book of the Year is Conflict, by General David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts.
Film Review: Napoleon
Oliver Webb-Carter
The Ridley Scott blockbuster may be a historical car crash, but is it a good movie?
Six of the Best: Books on Napoleon
Oliver Webb-Carter
If you want to know the truth then you must read this selection of titles on Boney.
Books of 2023 From Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books they've enjoyed this year
A Family History of the World
Oliver Webb-Carter
Our editor met Simon Sebag Montefiore in 2022 to talk historical events and families, interspersed with current affairs such as Ukraine and Iran.
Cleopatra Selene: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen
Jane Draycott
The author of a new biography looks closely at the woman who continued the Ptolemaic dynasty beyond Egypt’s borders.
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