In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
Seema Syeda on battlefield scoops throughout the ages. William Howard Russell was one of the most prolific and revolutionary journalists of his…
The epic defence of Chakdara is intriguing. It lasted a week (26 July-2 August 1897), involved 240 men defending an isolated post…
Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…
The organization of the Zulu army was profoundly different to its professional British counterpart, a part-time citizen militia, the means by which…
In the ‘blame game’ which followed the Zulu battle of Isandlwana, Anthony Durnford quickly emerged as the principal scapegoat. A complex figure…
The Zulu Film Museum is about to open at the Cardiff Castle Museum - find out more about this unique and historic…
The Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd of January 1879 was one of the most devastating defeats suffered by Britain at the…