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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Jonestown: Living through History
Sharon Maas
The Jonestown tragedy put Guyana on the map for all the wrong reasons.
The Compromise of 1790
The Compromise allowed for the founding of the new nation's capital, Washington D.C.
The Catastrophe of the Nivelle Offensive
The attack was a disaster with French losses of over 100,000
Why Birds Matter
Patrick Galbraith
Something will be lost from ourselves when birds such as the nightingale disappear.
Hadrian’s Wall: Strategic Masterpiece or Monumental Folly?
Douglas Jackson
Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome?
The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
Ronan McGreevy
The assassination of the Chief of the Imperial General Stuff began a series of events that led to the Irish Civil War.
Burning Steel
Peter Hart
A new book commemorates the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry during the Second World War.
No Fool Like an Old Fool: Kissinger on Ukraine
Kissinger's latest comments are just the most recent of his inaccuracies.
My Falklands War: The Journey & Wireless Ridge
Roger Field
Veteran of the Falklands, Roger Field, describes the journey down and the attack on Wireless Ridge.
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