Jim Loughran's short story, City of the Damned, follows Ireland’s most formidable rebel from the battlefield to Rome, tracing the life of a man who came close to breaking English rule.
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Lt. Col. Leslie Vernon Fitzpatrick and The Sherdils
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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MEDIEVAL LATEST
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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Scientific Struggle: The Search for Latitude
Nicholas Crane
Measuring the earth was not only mathematically challenging, but a physical feat too.
The Motherland Calls: Mamayev Kurgan Monument
We should look back at the lessons given at the end of the most traumatic event in human history.
Ich bin ein Berliner: JFK’s Berlin Speech, 26th June 1963
President Kennedy's speech 58 years ago still resonates today.
‘No more victories! No more conquests!’: The East India companies pull back from empire
John Shovlin
The 'Second Hundred Years War' during the 18th century could have come to a premature end if corporate interests had won through.
The Battle of Llandeilo Fawr
Was this battle an English or Welsh victory? The casualties suggest the latter.
Radium and the Two World Wars
Lucy Jane Santos
Radium had an unlikely role in changing the fashion from pocket to wrist watches.
Families and Ancestors: An Infinite History
Emma Rothschild
Where does ancestry sit within history? They are closely related, so says the author of a new book on a French family covering 300 years.
Georgina Weldon: Victorian Visionary
Emily Midorikawa
Something of a celebrity in the Victorian period, Georgina Weldon took on the legal and medical establishment, and won.
Rehearsal for D-Day: Exercise Tiger
946 Allied casualties in Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for D-Day. 200 Allied casualties on Utah Beach on D-Day.
Summer Reads from Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books to take on summer holidays.
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