History
Robert Lyman
Robert Lyman, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I have been a voracious devourer of history since a child, reading everything I could from an early age, before studying history at O and A level and at university. I am not exclusively a...
Robert Lyman
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Rewriting History: Why We Need A Wider Appreciation Of World War Two
There is much to learn about the Second World War that is neglected in today's curriculum.
Rewriting History There seems to be an increasingly alarming trend nowadays for some people to consider that the story of the Second World War was the story of the Holocaust. They may mention the Holocaust in any word association exercise with the Second World War -...
Hitler’s Final Hours
The story of Hitler's death in the bunker.
For the occupants of Hitler’s private bunker the news could scarcely have been bleaker. The Soviet army was advancing so rapidly that it was now within a few hundred yards of the bunker’s perimeter fence. The nearby Schlesischer railway station had already been...
By Balloon to the North Pole
Richard Branson wasn't the first to have trouble in a balloon.
At exactly 2.30 p.m. on 11 July 1897, a gigantic silk balloon could be seen rising into the Arctic sky above Spitsbergen. Inside the basket were three hardy adventurers, all Swedish, who were taking part in an extraordinary voyage. Salomon Andrée was the instigator of...
CavalierCast
The Civil War in Words.
CavalierCast is dedicated to bringing you informative podcasts covering anything and everything civil war related! On Apple Podcasts, Acast and Spotify.
When you are in a Hole, Keep Digging: Life as a Young Archaeologist
The Netflix movie The Dig reminds the Editor of his archaeological experience in Central America and London.
“That speaks, don’t it? The past.” So says Ralph Fiennes’ character, the archaeologist Basil Brown, from the new Netflix movie, The Dig. The film dramatises excavations at Sutton Hoo during 1939, the results of which were so stunning that it re-defined our...
Spitfire! The Experiences of a Fighter Pilot
Mountain Lions: Edward I’s Elite Troops
When Edward I needed elite troops to defeat the Welsh, he turned to his duchy of Gascony.
Over the winter of 1282-3, a new kind of soldier arrived in the British Isles. These were men of Gascony, part of the ancient duchy of Aquitaine in south-west France. They had been summoned by the King of England, Edward I, who was also (among other titles) the...