WWII
Truly global view of World War II
Richard Overy has done a signal service with this compellingly written, impressively researched book
Allies at war
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British contribution to the Allied victory
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
The British military in the Second World War – slow or quick learners?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how Britain’s armed forces adapted to the challenges of fighting the Second World War
Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the state and preparedness of Britain’s armed forces in the lead-up to the Second World War
Sagas to savour
Was Iceland responsible for the French Revolution, the moon landing and the discovery of America?
Studio: Liam O’Connor’s British Normandy Memorial
A dignified classical design respects its setting and the memory of wartime sacrifice
Blue bloods and brownshirts
The intricate relationship between German aristocrats and Nazi Germany
The gay anti-Nazi brotherhood
In recognising the threat Hitler posed and swimming against the tide of public opinion, the glamour boys defied the stereotypes
How the Second World War was mapped
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about a vital factor in wartime production that military history often overlooks
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
