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Film Club 34
Film Club 33
Nelson: Hero of the Seas, by Dominic Sandbrook
Dominic Sandbrook’s latest entry to his Adventures in Time series, aimed at younger readers, is perhaps his best yet.
Nelson: Hero of the Seas, by Dominic Sandbrook On 24 September 1805, Admiral Horatio Nelson was waiting for an audience with Lord Castlereagh, Secretary for War and the Colonies, at the Colonial Office. In the assembly room with him was Sir Arthur Wellesley, who had...
Film Club 32
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama, by Ben Macintyre
Macintyre has an extraordinary ability to find new things in this well-known event.
At 19:07 on Monday 5th May 1980, the Metropolitan Police passed control of the Iranian Embassy siege to Lt. Col Mike Rose, commanding officer of the Special Air Service. Operation Nimrod was underway, as members of B Squadron abseiled, shot or blasted their way into...
Film Club 31
The Last VC
Edward Charlton, Irish Guards, won the last Victoria Cross of the European theatre on 21 April 1945.
On 21 April 1945, the last VC of the Second World War in Europe was won by Guardsman Charlton in an astonishing act of bravery. The Irish Guards had been ordered to harass Wehrmacht positions at the towns of Elsdorf and Wistedt in northwestern Germany, around 50 miles...
The Plaster Saints, by David Roy
With richly drawn characters and a brisk narrative, The Plaster Saints earns its place among the novels of the Troubles.
Novels set during the Troubles have done well in recent years. Whether it’s the Booker Prize winning Milkman by Anna Burns or Michael Hughes’ re-interpretation of the Iliad with Country, writers have found new ways to deal with a hugely traumatic time in British and...
