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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Queens of the Wild
Ronald Hutton
Ronald Hutton has examined the female deities that are pagan, but from a time when Christianity had taken hold.
Historical Heroes: George Washington – Commander-in-Chief
George Washington is known for his military achievements but he served longer as a politician.
Antisemitism and the Statue of Mendelssohn
The contentious subject of downed statues is often devoid of all nuance
The Bearer Party
Oliver Webb-Carter
The most recent royal Bearer Parties represent regiments that have a deep connection.
God Save the King!
The Queen and C-in-C had a bond with those men and women who served.
The Queen & the Crown
Matthew Dennison
Since the Queen was crowned she saw rationing and the birth of the internet, and her first PM was Winston Churchill.
The Gallipoli Conspiracy
The stalemate at Gallipoli was precipitated by a conspiracy, and the novelist Alan Bardos used it for his second book.
The Rosenstraße Protests
Ellie Midwood
The novelist discusses the inspiration behind The Woman Who Risked Everything.
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