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
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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Language, Religion and the Treaty of Lausanne
Bruce Clark
The impact of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and Greece resulted in legalised ethnic cleansing.
The Theresienstadt Propaganda Film
Catherine Hokin
The Theresienstadt film made by the Nazis is a haunting example of fake news.
The History of Cities
Paul Strathern examines cities' role in history and up to the modern day.
Aspects of History Day: Two Years On
Oliver Webb-Carter
Our editor reflects on two years of Aspects of History.
Krystyna Skarbek: Polish Secret Agent
Carly Schabowski
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek was the inspiration for a new novel.
Unionism & The Treaty
Gretchen Friemann
Ulster leader James Craig thought he had beaten Lloyd George during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
Ottoman Pathways to Tolerance
Marc David Baer
Marc David Baer demonstrates how the Ottomans established tolerance in Europe hundreds of years before the Enlightenment.
Coventry & Stalingrad
The author of a new book on Stalingrad discusses Coventry's recent decision to cut ties with Volgograd, aka Stalingrad.
Ancient Alamo: Blatobulgium Roman Fort
The Fort of Blatobulgium was destroyed in a savage fight. What could have happened?
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