History

Television tome that needs tuning

The Magic Box is Rob Young’s impassioned, occasionally impenetrable, psycho-history of the TV of his youth

Books
Confronting or managing decolonisation?

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Britain’s military campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s

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Spain and me

David Smith on why the years following Franco’s death will always hold a place in his heart

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Only collect

The key to successful selling is to cultivate collectors

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Nero: zero or hero?

Despite everything we thought we knew, Nero may just possibly be regarded as a half-decent emperor

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From fighting Fascists to confronting Communists

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Britain’s armed forces 1945-1952

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Calm down, dear

The grim history of portraying women as mentally unstable

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Allies at war

Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British contribution to the Allied victory

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British forces on the offensive 1943-45

Professor Jeremy Black speaks with Graham Stewart about the naval firepower, the RAF’s bombing offensive and the campaigns in Greece, Italy and Normandy

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Rhodes still stands

Blaming the British Empire for Brexit is not only ignorant — it’s total rubbish

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