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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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 York Princesses and Their Woodville Inheritance
Sarah Hodder
The Woodvilles are much maligned, so says the author of a new book on the daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.
Toussaint Louverture: Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Wolfson Prize winner writes about the relationship between Toussaint Louverture and Napoleon Bonaparte is an intriguing one, although they never met.
IWM Wartime Classics
Alan Jeffreys
Since 2019 the Imperial War Museum has published classic novels written by World War Two veterans. Here the IWM Senior Curator introduces the series and tells us why it's so important.
Oscar Heinrich, the American Sherlock
Kate Winkler Dawson
In this edited extract, the author of American Sherlock tells us about Oscar Heinrich, the forensic criminologist
Top Five: Tips On Publishing Your Historical Novel
The prolific author of historical fiction gives advice to those budding novelists out there.
Graffiti in The Wolf Den
Elodie Harper
The graffiti of Pompeii is a wonder to behold, and inspiration for a new novel. Here the author writes about her favourites.
Five Favourites: Books on Bond
The author of Goldeneye looks at five of his favourite books on James Bond and Ian Fleming.
When Churchill Cried FAKE NEWS!
Richard Toye
To the inter-war period when Winston Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer, but on his way out of No.11 in more ways than one.
The Spitfire Kids: The Girl Who Played With Firepower
Alasdair Cross
Would the Supermarine Spitfire have been as successful without the intervention of a British schoolgirl?
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