A grisly Lincolnshire folktale from Holbeach tells of the gambling antics of three drunken men in a churchyard, a story that passed into local legend as an enduring warning of sacrilege, remorse, and supernatural retribution.
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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Lichfield: England’s Third Archbishop
In the age of Offa, a short-lived archbishopric at Lichfield (787–803) reflected the expansion and consolidation of Mercian rule, though later Canterbury sources recast it as a contentious and anomalous creation.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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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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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 Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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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.
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.
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