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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Who Was Saint Columba?
The past is a foreign country, and none more so than those Dark Ages in the wake of the departure of the Roman presence.
The Rise of Cyrus the Great
Matt Waters
The Achaemenid Empire was the greatest the world had ever seen, spanning from the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor to the mountains of Afghanistan. Its founder was Cyrus, a ruler whose achievements made him truly ‘Great’.
How the Russians See Themselves
Rodric Braithwaite
With Putin’s pronouncements on his nuclear threat, this is consistent with previous rulers’ sabre rattling, and speaks to Russia’s pride in how it sees itself. Sir Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow from 1989 to 1992, describes the Russian mindset.
The Fight for Parry’s Jerusalem
Jason Whitaker
William Blake’s great poem, along with Hubert Parry’s rousing music, has become an unofficial anthem but it has a complex back story.
Guidl
The advent of a new way of consuming the history – and architecture, and much else – all around us.
Mustang: The Untold Story
Matthew Willis
The iconic aircraft features in Saving Private Ryan, what about the RAF's role in its inception?
The Bitter Legacy of Partition
The human cost of Partition is a tragedy that defines the relationship between India and Pakistan today.
History Festivals: Why Buckingham Matters
Scintillating conversation, and of course a bar. The director argues the case for Buckingham
Summer Reads from Sharpe Books
Summer Reads from Sharpe Books' authors. Recommended history and historical fiction.
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