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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Kush: The Unknown African Behemoth
Anthony Riches
Only recently have historians written of Kush, the highly advanced civilisation south of Egypt. Anthony Riches, author of River of Gold, gives a brief history.
Do the Greatest Deserve Their Sobriquet?
Dismissal of the younger generation, recently labelled avocado munching ‘snowflakes’, is not a new phenomenon.
The Very Strange Death of Alfred Loewenstein
The summer of 1928, and one of the world's richest men took his final flight.
The Bulgarian Contract: The Secret Lie That Ended the Great War
Graeme Sheppard
A new book uncovers events in Sofia at the end of World War One that had a conflict-ending impact.
Alan Brooke: The Unknown Field Marshal
Andrew Sangster
Churchill's right hand man was not afraid to speak truth to the Prime Minister during the war.
Over- and Under-estimating the Entente Cordiale
Stephen Clarke
The Entente Cordiale, the anniversary of which is on the 8th April, was an achievement of Edward VII's, a much maligned king.
A Cold War Incident
David Webb-Carter
A British Army officer and a defector, in the dark days of the Cold War.
Short Stories: Fun To Read & Fun To Write
Short stories are a form of writing enjoyable to all.
Did Harold Really Take One in the Eye?
Harold may well not have been the figure depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.
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