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Henry Du Pré Labouchère: The Least Victorian of All Victorian Politicians?
Debbie Kilroy
An account of Henry Labouchère that contrasts his unconventional career with the self-interest and hypocrisy he shared with his Victorian contemporaries.
Naming the Dead: Inspiration from a Family Bible
17th-century hardship, personal family loss, and a record of the names of the dead becomes a way for Karen Haden's protagonist to process grief and preserve memory.
Drinking, Typing and Gossiping: US Foreign Correspondents in Europe between the Wars
A portrait of the hard-drinking, ambitious American correspondents who chronicled Europe’s slide toward war in the interwar years.
The Last Knight of Christendom; the First Man of the Modern World
Edoardo Albert
A Venetian military engineer, who trained in the new science of war, risked exile, ruin and death to defend Rhodes against Suleiman the Magnificent, embodies Europe in transition.
Émigré, Photographer, Secret Agent: An Extraordinary Life
A communist activist and Soviet agent, the Austrian-born Edith Tudor-Hart helped drive modernist photography and set in motion Britain’s most notorious spy ring.
King of Kings: ‘England’ in the 10th Century
An overview of the political and territorial complexity of 10th-century Britain, tracing the emergence of a unified England under Athelstan.
‘When That Man Is Dead and Gone’: The Curious Death of Adolf Hitler
Caroline Sharples
Adolf Hitler’s death promised closure, but instead unleashed competing narratives, each of them revealing just how wartime fantasies, propaganda and post-war politics shaped the meaning of his demise.
Gladiators and the Roman Mind: In Conversation with Harry Sidebottom
Toned biceps on show during a deadly bout on the sands of the arena – but is the Hollywood depiction of gladiator less interesting than the actual truth?
Marshal Ney: Myths and Questions
When Marshal Ney was shot in the Luxembourg Gardens, the man was already eclipsed by his legend. His career exposes the limits of battlefield brilliance in a world where wars were already fought on paper and in courts.
Mythos: Ragnarök at Alexandra Palace Theatre
Jasmine Guama
A review of Mythos: Ragnarök, examining its reinterpretation of Norse mythology through the spectacle of professional wrestling.
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