The wounds are still raw. It was a bitter conflict, it left many grieving, and it remains well within living memory. But…
This issue, we’re giving away three copies of the Spomenik Monument Database, courtesy of FUEL. Spomenik – the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for ‘monument’…
Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College London, has been described as ‘the outstanding British naval historian of his…
Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of the war
When King Haakon of Norway, one of the many exiled leaders from occupied Europe in London during World War II, visited the…
Last month, we asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image from our feature on Roland at Roncesvalles,…
William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load brings to light the experiences of 1.5 million African porters during the First World War. Seema…
Born in Paris in 1908, Simone de Beauvoir belonged to that unlucky generation which lived through both World Wars. She was also…
Three lucky winners of our competition will receive a copy of Empire of Guns by Priya Satia. From the 17th to the…
A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at the country’s…
The TV series Britannia (2017) is a historical fantasy along the lines of Game of Thrones. Though set at the time of…