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The wait for the outcome of Neville Chamberlain’s mission to Munich and the looming spectre of another war hung over Britain in 1938. Its impact was deeply felt.
The key to Germany’s imperial ambition, the North Sea island of Heligoland was transformed into a fortress. By the end of the Second World War, the dream lay in ruins.
In March 1824 the East India Company declared war on Burma, the opening salvo in a series of conflicts that would see one empire fall, another expand and leave divisive wounds still felt today.
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The Wild Hunt in England
The monks of Peterborough told strange tales of the Wild Hunt. Were they ghostly apparitions or wishful thinking?
Pompey’s Greatest Show on Earth
Rome’s first theatre was an enormous spectacle intended to glorify Pompey’s successes. Was it all bread and circuses?
Maiden Flight of the Spitfire
On 5 March 1936 the prototype Spitfire made its maiden flight. Its creator R.J. Mitchell would not live to see its finest hour.
The Nabataeans are Coming
Pre-Islamic history was once taboo in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Will the ‘rediscovery’ of an ancient people – the Nabataeans – encourage international tourism?
‘Friends in Youth’ by Minoo Dinshaw review
Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War by Minoo Dinshaw views the conflict through the sad case of Bulstrode Whitelock and Edward Hyde.
An Uneasy Propaganda Alliance
The doomed film collaboration between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan resulted in two very different features serving the same fascist agenda: The Daughter of the Samurai and The New Earth.
The Birth of Giovanni Morelli
Giovanni Morell—later Morelli—was born in Verona on 25 February 1816 beginning a lifetime of dedication to the art of the connoisseur.
Curbing the Power of the Popes
The survival of the papacy has always been dependent on a precarious balancing act between the pope’s religious and secular powers.
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