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Chalke Daily: Heat and Hard Truths
Attendees are enduring record-breaking heat with characteristic resilience, but conditions still fall short of the grizzly existence of a U-Boat crew.
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Chalke Daily: Hobnobbing and the Hottest of Takes
Infernal temperatures as the programme kicks off properly
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Chalke Daily: Shrugging Off the States for the Stage
The Editor-at-large gives his report of talks and Shakespearean tragedy from the second day.
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The Big Debrief – Review
At its inaugural conference, Britain at War brought together leading historians and broadcasters for a day of lively discussion.
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Can Aethelred the Unready Be Rehabilitated?
The author asks whether he was England’s most incompetent king, or whether history unfairly blames him for Viking successes and overlooks his achievements?
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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States
A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
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How Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?
Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.
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The “Ghost” Match: An Extract
In a surreal, chilling moment, the Chilean national football team played alone in Santiago’s Estadio Nacional after the Soviet Union refused to compete in a stadium that the Pinochet regime had turned into a site of imprisonment, torture and death.
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King of Kings: ‘England’ in the 10th Century
An overview of the political and territorial complexity of 10th-century Britain, tracing the emergence of a unified England under Athelstan.
‘When That Man Is Dead and Gone’: The Curious Death of Adolf Hitler
Caroline Sharples
Adolf Hitler’s death promised closure, but instead unleashed competing narratives, each of them revealing just how wartime fantasies, propaganda and post-war politics shaped the meaning of his demise.
Gladiators and the Roman Mind: In Conversation with Harry Sidebottom
Toned biceps on show during a deadly bout on the sands of the arena – but is the Hollywood depiction of gladiator less interesting than the actual truth?
Marshal Ney: Myths and Questions
When Marshal Ney was shot in the Luxembourg Gardens, the man was already eclipsed by his legend. His career exposes the limits of battlefield brilliance in a world where wars were already fought on paper and in courts.
Mythos: Ragnarök at Alexandra Palace Theatre
Jasmine Guama
A review of Mythos: Ragnarök, examining its reinterpretation of Norse mythology through the spectacle of professional wrestling.
Has 2026 Changed the World of Assassination?
Simon Ball
A timely inquiry proposes that assassination today remains a fixture of statecraft as recent targeted killings continue to pervade the geopolitical sphere but rarely deliver clear strategic success.
The Ghosts of Winceby
The 1643 skirmish was as surprising as it was significant in the English Civil Wars, when Cromwell’s charge helped secure Parliamentarian control in Lincolnshire.
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Anna M Holmes
A glance back at Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, their bold collaborations and innovations which transformed ballet into its modern form.
‘So The World May Know He Loved Me Once’: Catherine Dickens’s Story
Αnnie Elliot
On her deathbed, Mrs Dickens asked her daughter to give her letters from Charles to the British Museum ‘so the world may know he loved me once.’
Boudica’s Wrath: Law, Humiliation and the Road to Revolt
Sam F Hutchins
An exploration of the legal, political and personal factors behind Boudica’s revolt against Rome in 61AD.
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