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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The Band That Went To War
Brian Short
The veteran of the Falklands conflict has written about his experience.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Spy author Alex Gerlis writes about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that partly inspired his novel Agent in Peril.
Operation Codicil
A new novel follows the Paras during the Second World War, starting with D-Day and ending with the crossing of the Rhine.
Historical Heroes: Robert Oppenheimer
The author of a new book on Oppenheimer describes the accusations of communism that dogged him for the rest of his life.
Who Were the Huguenots?
Rosemary Hayes
The Huguenots, many of whom were expelled from France, enriched the countries they migrated to.
Partnership and Politics
Vince Cable
In Vince Cable's new memoir, written with his partner Rachel Smith, he gives a reappraisal of his time in government.
Frank Foley: Pimpernel of the Jews
Foley, a British Hero of the Holocaust, saved 10,000 Jews under his passport scheme in Berlin.
The Special Relationship
The 'special relationship' is often dismissed, but there is history behind it.
Civil War: Hull and the Hothams
For some Parliamentarians, the Hothams' loyalty was not always reliable, and Oliver Cromwell himself lost patience.
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