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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States

Democracies vs. Authoritarian States

A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
Adrian Goldsworthy
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The “Ghost” Match: An Extract

The “Ghost” Match: An Extract

In a surreal, chilling moment, the Chilean national football team played alone in Santiago’s Estadio Nacional after the Soviet Union refused to compete in a stadium that the Pinochet regime had turned into a site of imprisonment, torture and death.
Stefano Bizzotto
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Chalke Daily: Hobnobbing and the Hottest of Takes

Zeb Baker-Smith

Infernal temperatures as the programme kicks off properly

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Chalke Daily: Shrugging Off the States for the Stage

Justin Doherty

The Editor-at-large gives his report of talks and Shakespearean tragedy from the second day.

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Chalke Daily: Storm Clouds and Scaramucci

Zeb Baker-Smith

We’re back in Wiltshire on the first day of the UK’s largest festival devoted to history!

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The Big Debrief – Review

Alan Bardos

At its inaugural conference, Britain at War brought together leading historians and broadcasters for a day of lively discussion.

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Can Aethelred the Unready Be Rehabilitated?

Adam Staten

The author asks whether he was England’s most incompetent king, or whether history unfairly blames him for Viking successes and overlooks his achievements?

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The “Ghost” Match: An Extract

Stefano Bizzotto

In a surreal, chilling moment, the Chilean national football team played alone in Santiago’s Estadio Nacional after the Soviet Union refused to compete in a stadium that the Pinochet regime had turned into a site of imprisonment, torture and death.

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Stockton and Darlington’s Bicentenary

David Gwyn

Though the railway had a pivotal role in the development of modern rail transport, the historian challenges persistent myths that it was the world’s first.

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A historical map of the town and harbour of Boston.

The Road Back to Boston

Thor Hogan

On April 19 1775, colonial troops battled redcoats at Concord's North Bridge, which resulted in nearly three-hundred British casualties and paved the way for American independence.

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Hands typing on a vintage typewriter.

Dealbreakers: Advice on how to turn your submission into a publishing contract.

Charlotte Rose

Publishing advice for first-time novelists from a professional editor

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Writing Displacement: Imperial Russia to 1970s Ireland

Jim Loughran

Exile, war and social exclusion shape the lives of the author’s protagonists in The Bratinsky Affair, our Fiction Book of the Month, which takes the enduring experience of displacement as one of its major themes.

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