
COP26: The Problem of Resources in Early Modern Times
Henry Kamen, author of Early Modern European Society recounts the debate over resources and the themes of conservation…
Henry Kamen, author of Early Modern European Society recounts the debate over resources and the themes of conservation…
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become…
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. During the war, the arts were closely…
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In…
Christian Goeschel- On 20 July 1944, a bomb exploded in the Wolf’s Lair, Adolf Hitler’s East Prussian Headquarters….
Harry Kelsey’s new book The First Circumnavigators contains fascinating stories of treachery, greed, murder, desertion and disaster, but also shows…
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against…
‘On 1 August Hitler issued Führer Directive No. 17 … The RAF must be eliminated as well as its…
‘Germany had every reason to be confident of victory in the ensuing battle.’ On 15 September 1940 Britain came…
Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at…
‘What happened to France in 1940 was what happened to every power that went up against Germany in…
This year marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – Waterloo200 – a great turning point in…
It has now been 75 years since over 330,000 allied soldiers were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk…
By May 1945 all of the concentration and extermination camps across Europe had been liberated. In this final piece…