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The White Ship

Tragedy & Turmoil in Medieval England

The White Ship A very long time ago, when I started working as a reporter for NBC News in the US, a veteran colleague spotted my general cluelessness. He kindly took me aside and gave me this nugget of golden advice: ‘There are only three reactions you want in the...

Tessa Dunlop

Tessa Dunlop is a historian, writer and broadcaster and a Sunday Times bestseller. Previously a lead presenter of BBC's Coast, she is the author of Bletchley Girls, Century Girls and most recently, Army Girls.

Tessa Dunlop

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Peter Stothard

Peter Stothard writes about Roman history and modern politics, sometimes combining the two. He was Editor of the Times Literary Supplement (2002-16) and of The Times (1992-2002).

Peter Stothard

Ancient Greeks at War, by Simon Elliott

A new book giving an overview of Greek warfare has just been released.

Oliver Webb-Carter

Simon Elliott is a busy man. When he's not appearing in documentaries, working as an archaeologist and lecturing in Pompeii, he is a prolific writer of ancient Roman history, most recently with an account of the IX Hispania (Roman Britain's Missing Legion). He's now...

The Other Slave Trade

Slavery continued well after the practice was abolished in the British Empire, as ivory was transported to satisfy Victorian demand.

Neil Faulkner

The West African slave trade has become a staple of history teaching and popularisation. Rightly so. The triangular trade – trinkets from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, plantation commodities from the Americas to Europe – was the most visceral...

The Red Army and the Wehrmacht: Bludgeon and Rapier?

The Red Army developed into an efficient machine by the end of World War Two

Prit Buttar

It is a widely held point of view that history is usually written – or at least distorted – by the victors. The history of the war on the Eastern Front between the Red Army and Wehrmacht, in the English speaking world is almost unique in that it does not conform to...

Conscientious Objectors

The author of What He Never Said writes about those principled individuals who refused to join up during the two world wars.

Mark Findlay Smith

One of the most common tropes of the First World War is the poster of a finger-pointing Lord Kitchener telling the men of Britain “your country needs you”. Thousands responded, sometimes signing up with their friends or colleagues. Later, in 1916, conscription was...

The Last Viking, by Don Hollway

A new history on the Viking Harald Hardrada, who nearly became king of England in 1066

Paul Bernardi

Harald Hardrada is one of the characters from history who has always fascinated me. I mean, anyone who goes by the moniker ‘Hard Ruler’ must have something about them, right? For the purposes of full transparency, though, I should point out that he has an...

George III, by Andrew Roberts

The acclaimed historian has written a new and revisionist biography on the Hanoverian monarch.

Richard Foreman

If not for such fierce competition (in the form of such works as Salisbury: Victorian Titan, Churchill: Walking with Destiny and Masters & Commanders) one might be able to unequivocally say that George III is the author's masterpiece. This biography teems with...

Ancient Greeks at War: Simon Elliott Interview

Our editor, Oliver Webb-Carter, met with the ancient historian to discuss his latest book on ancient Greek warfare.

Simon Elliott

Simon Elliott, the epic clashes of the Trojan War described by Homer are our only real literary reference to the Mycenaean period of warfare – how would you best describe this version of Greek war? In one word, confusing! Here we first have to overcome the uncertainty...