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
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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Napoleon’s Hat
As a recent auction has shown, interest in Bonaparte's bicorne is alive and well.
Olivia Jordan
Olivia Jordan served in France during the Phoney War, and then translated for the Free French and drove for de Gaulle during his exile in London.
Historical Heroes: Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, the Florence native, was a forerunner of the Renaissance and the mind behind one of the greatest works of world literature, The Divine Comedy.
Flesh and Blood: The Iron Chancellor
Katja Hoyer
Otto von Bismark was a titan of Europe, but Katja Hoyer gives an intimate account of the man behind the statesman.
John of Gaunt: Father of Monarchy, by Helen Carr
Helen Carr
The author of a new biography gives us an overview of the ‘Red Prince’.
Black Ice
Corie Mapp, injured in Afghanistan, has written a new book and it is an inspirational story.
Geoscientists Without Borders: Holocaust Investigations
Dr Richard Freund
Archaeologist Richard Freund has been leading an archeological investigation with Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB).
The Other Slave Trade
Neil Faulkner
Slavery continued well after the practice was abolished in the British Empire, as ivory was transported to satisfy Victorian demand.
Two Women Whose Inventions Changed the Course of World War Two
Suzanne Kelman
Joan Curran and Hedy Lamarr made scientific discoveries that had a major impact on the war.
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