Jeremy Black says McMeekin’s account provides tough reading for anybody endorsing the Guardian’s view of history

The Happy Traitor tells Blake’s story in a witty and sophisticated way, fully alert to its complexities and ironies

Lincoln Allison is moved by a cache of his father’s wartime love letters and what they reveal about conflict, his parents’ relationship — and a huge generational chasm

From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks

As Super League celebrates its 25th birthday, rugby league is further away from its founder’s vision than ever.

Labour has no hope of returning to power if they fail to capture a comfortable working-class seat from a government that has presided over the greatest crisis in living memory

The George Formby Society attempts a ukulele world record, online

Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the many conspiracies and secretive plots that really did shape the course of events

The European Union’s increasingly open hostility towards Britain has deep historical roots, says Nigel Jones

Is it right that Britain should be forced to extradite the political agitators of other EU states?