Clausewitz taught us that war is an extension of politics. No apology, then, for including a review of Steven Spielberg’s new biopic…
James Brett takes issue with our interpretation of the Somme. After my pleasant surprise at your refreshingly ‘revisionist’ editorial, I was disappointed…
The Forgotten Theatre Meredith Graham looks through the scrapbook of her great uncle, a professional photographer who served in WWII and as…
Richard Lucas discovers an extraordinary museum devoted to contemporary conflict in the Middle East. After years of open conflict, and in the…
Keith Robinson explores the military museum at the heart of the British Army’s Aldershot home. In a small corner of the great…
Mark Felton revisits the nightmare of the Japanese takeover of foreign ‘concessions’ during World War II. ‘Obviously, there is nothing you can…
David Flintham puts the case for teaching kids military history. The recently announced plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak…
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…
