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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The Red Army and the Wehrmacht: Bludgeon and Rapier?
Prit Buttar
The Red Army developed into an efficient machine by the end of World War Two
Conscientious Objectors
Mark Findlay Smith
The author of What He Never Said writes about those principled individuals who refused to join up during the two world wars.
Bar Kokhba: In Search of the Rebel Whose Legend Helped Found a Nation
Lindsay Powell
Bar Kokhba was a Jewish rebel leader who rose up against the Romans and established a short lived independent state.
The Pursuit of Happiness
Ritchie Robertson
The Enlightenment’s central purpose was ultimately about happiness and Thomas Jefferson famously incorporated the word in the Declaration of Independence.
The First Kingdom: Sutton Hoo and the ‘Dark Ages’
Max Adams
The Netflix film, The Dig¸ has prompted renewed interest in Anglo Saxon England.
The Birth of Tutmania
Gill Paul
The author of a new novel set during excavations of Tutankhamun's tomb, writes about Egyptomania and the famous curse.
Emily Soldene: How to be a Victorian Actress
Eight rules for how to succeed as a woman in the Victorian Age.
Wim Wenders: Photographing Ground Zero at the IWM
Oliver Webb-Carter
As part of the IWM's 9/11 Twenty Years On commemoration, the German director is exhibiting his photographs taken at Ground Zero and our editor visited the display.
Silent Warriors
The recent history of the SBS has prompted the official historian of the Household Cavalry to recall key personnel.
The Last Viking
Don Hollway
Before Norwegian king Harald Hardrada led the last great Viking invasion of England, he led a life of legend
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