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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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?
Heart of Darkness: The Slave Ship Zong
The Atlantic slave trade has many gruesome tales. This tragic and brutal massacre is one of the most shameful.
Historical Heroes: Saul David on George Macdonald Fraser
Saul David, acclaimed historian of the Victorian period, recalls a meeting with the great writer.
The Murder of Jack Clinton
Myles Dungan
Jack Clinton escaped one land war in Ireland, only to came across another in Arizona in 1915.
Why the Partition of Ireland?
Charles Townshend
On the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Northern Ireland, an account of the events that led to partition in May 1921.
The Last Bastion of Europe
The epic struggle between East and West, the Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire during the Siege of Constantinople.
The Fall of the Knights Templar: The Siege of Acre, 1291
Acre was a wealthy cosmopolitan city in 1291 when the Mamluks turned their gaze on the great port, and it would become the last stand of the Templars
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