The author of Nineteen Eighty-Four – whose real name was Eric Blair – and his wife Eileen were put under observation by…
Consisting of figures such as Rob Bernays, Jack Macnamara, Harold Nicolson, and Ronnie Cartland (brother of Barbara), the ‘Glamour Boys’ came of…
Often overlooked by history, the Franco-Prussian War had a profound impact on both France and Germany. Its military aspects also deserve study,…
In early 1943, while at Harvard, Jean Claude was drafted into the Army. He was surprised to find life there more to…
Rob Johnson’s achievement in this book is to take Colonel T E Lawrence seriously as a theoretician and practitioner of war, and…
Henoch displayed a natural all-around talent in several sports, making her future accomplishments even more impressive, considering the few opportunities available for…
In the post-war years, they were remembered on monuments and in cemeteries, ‘made present’ by absence, by anonymity rather than by naming.…
In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…
Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…
