Nigel Biggar has examined Britain’s colonial past with a moral lense, and with a nuanced and balanced approach.
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The Slipperiness of History
The author of a trilogy of Renaissance set novels describes her heroine, the creator of a mysterious potion. Or was she?
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Who Wins in a Struggle Between Oppenheimer and Turing?
The film by Christopher Nolan has now cleaned up at the Bafta awards but what about the Oscars?
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The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize
Congratulations to Julian Jackson, the author of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain
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Hugh O’Neill and The History Behind City of the Damned
Jim Loughran's short story, City of the Damned, follows Ireland’s most formidable rebel from the battlefield to Rome, tracing the life of a man who came close to breaking English rule.
Lt. Col. Leslie Vernon Fitzpatrick and The Sherdils
From the Malayan campaign to the tense final days of Japanese rule in Singapore, the career of Lt Col “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, preserved in family papers, brings to light wartime stories of the Indian Army and the final years of the Raj.
30 Commando and The Wizard War
During the race for wartime technology, Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando led Britain’s hunt for enemy intelligence as the Allied invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy gathered pace.
Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Questors Theatre – A Review
Jasmine Guama
A dark and emotionally charged production of Ghosts at the Questors Theatre.
The Two Hundred Years War and the Shaping of Our World
Michael Livingston
What we label the Hundred Years War is an example of modern periodisation, clouding the forces at play in the Anglo-French conflicts of the Medieval period. Reframing the conflict over two centuries uncover how such European rivalries prompted the era of global exploration that followed.
A Royal Family’s Imprisonment
Mickey Mayhew
A fresh look at the Romanovs in captivity reveals the Tsarina Alexandra's courage, flaws and steel during the Russian Revolution.
Escaping the Grip of Eastern European Communism
Peter Kasl
A first-hand account of an 11-year-old fleeing communist Czechoslovakia, the years that followed in the West and the price of pursuing freedom.
Α Maritime Epic, by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
When an Arctic convoy was ordered to scatter in July 1942, disaster appeared inescapable, but a combination of nerve, improvisation and camouflage saw crisis averted.
Tunisgrad: Victory in Africa, By Saul David
The author examines the Allied victory in Tunisia in May 1943, showing how coordinated land, air, and armoured operations led to the capture of Tunis and the decisive defeat of Axis forces in North Africa.
The Battle of Champions, by Andrew Bayliss
Andrew Bayliss
The author uses the Battle of the Champions to show how warfare, discipline, and ideas of honour and shame shaped Spartan society
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