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 Bosworth Cliff-hanger
War and Politics in August 1485. Shifting loyalties were more important than tactical brilliance.
CVHF 2023: Day 2
English and European revolution in Wiltshire, with Nazis and Beer.
CVHF 2023: Day 1
The sun shone as is traditional on Day One of the world’s greatest festival, Chalke Valley in the glorious vales of SE Wiltshire.
Beaverbrook
Kathryn S. Olmsted
The author of a new book on newspaper barons in the 1930s describes the journey from appeasement to enthusiastic supporter of the war for the most prominent.
2023 Summer Reads from Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books to take on summer holidays.
Barbarians at the Gates?
Douglas Jackson
How a journey through the heart of darkness changed the Douglas Jackson's perception of Rome’s enemies.
The Soviet Victory at Prokhorovka
Ben Wheatley
The Soviet victory at Prokhorovka was not as emphatic as previously believed.
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