Articles

Gambling with the Dead

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.

Rory Waterman

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.

Philip James Day

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.

Rory Naismith

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.

Robert Verkaik

20th CENTURY LATEST

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.

Robert Verkaik

MEDIEVAL LATEST

What is the Blood Price?

The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?

Paul Bernardi

ANCIENT HISTORY LATEST

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.

Adrian Goldsworthy

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.

Caillan Davenport

EDITOR’S CHOICE

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.

Philip James Day