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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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.
Better to Have Gone: Auroville
Akash Kapur
In this excerpt from his new book, Better to Have Gone, Akash Kapur describes the beginning of an incredible journey.
Winceby: The Finest Hour of the Rising Cromwell
Ronald Hutton
This lesser known battle was fine preparation for Cromwell ahead of his victories at Marston Moor and Naseby
Five Books By My Bed
The author of Berlin: The Story of a City and Partition writes about his favourite books to read this Summer.
Origins of a Legend: Robin Hood and the Disinherited
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Prince of Thieves, Sean Connery, Errol Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks. There have been so many interpretations of the legendary figure, but where does the story really come from? Novelist and historian David Pilling reveals all.
History Repeating Itself? The Spanish Flu of 1918.
Catharine Arnold
In 1918 humanity face another influenza pandemic, this one more lethal, which hit populations emerging from the horrors of World War One.
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