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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A Corpse on Everest: George Mallory
The 1924 Everest expedition ended in tragedy, but did they conquer the mountain?
Five Favourites: Books on the Indian Mutiny
Gordon Corrigan, acclaimed historian, picks his favourite accounts of the uprising during British rule in India.
The Enemy Within: The Assassination Attempt on Alexander II
R.N.Morris
How a disaffected carpenter infiltrated the Winter Palace and came close to wiping out the entire Romanov family.
Epic Iran at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Oliver Webb-Carter
An exhibition worthy of the great country is on at the V&A.
The Keepers of Byzantium’s Flame
Peter Sandham
How two Byzantine women remained influential long after their empire vanished.
Anatomy of a Disaster: The Easter Day Massacre
Tom Walker
When one RAF light bomber squadron flew into action in Greece in April 1941 its aim was to halt a German offensive, but it had tragic consequences for everyone involved.
Empress Elizabeth: Saving the Slavic Soul
Ellen Alpsten
Empress Elizabeth went through many struggles, until she emerged as a great monarch.
Language Lost: A Levantine Lament
Michael Vatikiotis
A story that begins with the construction of the Suez canal.
The Royal Navy and its Rum: The History of the Tot
Mitch Wilson
The Royal Navy rum tot, or ration, is traced up until 31st July 1970: the day the rum died.
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