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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The Great Plague of London: Stay or Go?
The response of many to Covid was to flee the city and head for safer places. This was also true of the Great Plague.
Roman Britain’s Lost Ninth Legion
Simon Elliott
The ancient historian considers the evidence for the theories which aim to provide an explanation for the mysterious disappearance of the Ninth.
Rewriting the History of the Second World War
Sean McMeekin
Sean McMeekin argues that it was an allied intervention on behalf of Soviet Russia that led to the triumph of Stalin in Asia, the consequences of which we continue to see today.
The Inside Story: Goldster
Adam Williams
Aspects of History author Peter Hughes is interviewed by Goldster as part of their book club. Their editor gives the background.
Could the Gallipoli Landings have Succeeded?
The Gallipoli Landings in 1915 were not a success with the allies pinned down early on. But could they have succeeded?
The Surrender of Cornwallis: A Path to Progress
Richard Middleton
Charles Cornwallis has a reputation as a disastrous military leader up against George Washington, but he was a progressive administrator in Ireland and India.
Capital of Spies
Bernd von Kostka
After the end of the Second World War, Berlin was a hotbed of espionage.
Could the Dardanelles Straits Have Been Forced?
The Allied Naval campaign to force a passage through the straits ended on 18th March 1915, a controversial decision to this day.
Son of Mercia
The bestselling author has a new series set in 9th century Mercia.
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