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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Five Favourites: Books on Ancient Rome
The historical novelist's favourite picks from Republic to Empire and Cicero to Marcus Aurelius.
The Viking Great Army: New Discoveries
Dawn M. Hadley & Julian D. Richards
It has been the intervention of metal detectorists that has advanced our knowledge of the Viking Great Army that landed in East Anglia in 865AD
The Spanish Civil War: Totalitarian Intervention
Anthony J. Candil
The Spanish Civil War was of great interest to the totalitarian powers of the 1930s in testing their military theories, but did they learn from them?
HMS Belfast: The Re-Opening
There is still life, and learning, in the old girl.
The Pathfinders: A Tragic Tale
Will Iredale
The 80-year heartbreak of the WAAF who overslept and missed the chance to say goodbye to her RAF Lancaster pilot boyfriend hours before he was killed over Nazi Germany.
Generalship from Marlborough to Wellington
Jeremy Black
The acclaimed historian writes about the art of generalship among key British leaders of the long 18th century.
Zulu Court: Farini and the ‘Ethnic Exhibitions’
Mick Finlay
The Victorians had a fascination with the unknown which resulted in the vulnerable being taken advantage of. The author of a new novel set in the period tells us about five Zulu men and their attempt for freedom through the British courts.
The Chalke Valley History Festival 2021 – Review
James Chetwode
Despite Covid, the Chalke Valley History Festival went ahead, and we were there to check it out.
The Final Resting Place of Francis, Viscount Lovell
Richard III's body was discovered under a Leicester car park. But what of his close friend Viscount Lovell - where is he buried?
How A Law About Hats Contributed to the American Revolution
Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Did the Imposition of the Hat Act cause the American Revolution?
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