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Gambling with the Dead

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
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving

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
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Lichfield: England’s Third Archbishop

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
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The Writer and the Traitor

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
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The Writer and the Traitor

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
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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States

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
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving

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
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