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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Elizabeth I’s Final Years
The Tudor Queen's last years of her reign saw much jostling for power among her favourites.
Crime in Blitz London
London saw plenty of criminals taking advantage of the chaos of the German bombings.
Does Historical Fiction Ruin Our Historical Understanding?
Plenty of movies are accused of historical inaccuracy. Bestselling fiction author describes some of the worst offenders.
The Forest Brothers, Lithuanian Partisans
The author of a new novel describes the brave partisans who fought Hitler and Stalin.
Racism & Murder in WW2 Hull
David Young
WW2 Hull saw terrible bombing and the importation of Jim Crow Laws.
Inside A Renaissance Painter’s Studio
Damian Dibben
The artistic world during the Renaissance was highly competitive but also hugely creative.
Alfred Tennyson’s Bowels and Other Authorial Ailments
Victorian authors were obsessed with their health
2022 Summer Reads from Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books to take on summer holidays.
CVHF Highlights So Far & Weekend Watch
Oliver Webb-Carter
#CVHF 2022. Our editor was there and here are his highlights so far, and his weekend watch
The Elizabethan Mind: Thomas Whythorne
Helen Hackett
The composer wrote the first known autobiography.
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