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Toned biceps on show during a deadly bout on the sands of the arena – but is the Hollywood depiction of gladiator less interesting than the actual truth?
When Marshal Ney was shot in the Luxembourg Gardens, the man was already eclipsed by his legend. His career exposes the limits of battlefield brilliance in a world where wars were already fought on paper and in courts.
Jasmine Guama
A review of Mythos: Ragnarök, examining its reinterpretation of Norse mythology through the spectacle of professional wrestling.
Simon Ball
A timely inquiry proposes that assassination today remains a fixture of statecraft as recent targeted killings continue to pervade the geopolitical sphere but rarely deliver clear strategic success.
The 1643 skirmish was as surprising as it was significant in the English Civil Wars, when Cromwell’s charge helped secure Parliamentarian control in Lincolnshire.
Anna M Holmes
A glance back at Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, their bold collaborations and innovations which transformed ballet into its modern form.
Αnnie Elliot
On her deathbed, Mrs Dickens asked her daughter to give her letters from Charles to the British Museum ‘so the world may know he loved me once.’
Sam F Hutchins
An exploration of the legal, political and personal factors behind Boudica’s revolt against Rome in 61AD.
An account of the Nuremberg Trials through the experiences of Howard Triest, a German-Jewish refugee and translator who confronted the leading figures of Nazi Germany as justice was brought to bear.
Kevin P. Bartlett
An examination of how inconsistent social attitudes and local tribunal decisions shaped the treatment of conscientious objectors in First World War Britain.
