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LATEST ARTICLES

Emma Sergeant’s ‘La Selva Oscura’ – Review

Emma Sergeant’s ‘La Selva Oscura’ – Review

Marija Ose

In a new exhibition, the artist transforms Dante’s “dark wood” into a landscape of birch trees, animals, and memory.

From Fact into Fiction: The Origins of The Devils of Cardona

From Fact into Fiction: The Origins of The Devils of Cardona

Matthew Carr

The historian and author draws on Spain’s Morisco past, persecution and intrigue within his novel.

Anywhere But The Western Front

Anywhere But The Western Front

Nicolai Eberholst

As shots were fired across multiple continents, World War One can only fully be grasped by looking beyond the Western Front and viewing it as a truly global conflict.

Finding Carthage Among The Romans

Finding Carthage Among The Romans

Eve MacDonald

A dominant power in the Western Mediterranean has always been overshadowed by its conquering Roman rivals, but there is much more to the North African realm’s story.

The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots

The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots

Rosemary Goring

Packed with intrigue, self-preservation and a cache of coded correspondence, the 19 years spent by the Scottish queen as a prisoner in England heralds a dramatic retelling.

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Thomas Messel

Thomas Messel

Thomas Messel has for forty years been a leading English furniture designer. He is also the author of two books. His non-fiction Oliver Messel in the Theatre of Design (Winner of the Speares Book Award 2012) was a comprehensive study of the life and work of his uncle, Oliver Messel. His current book, The Nightingale of Bath, is a historical fiction covering the life of his eighteenth-century ancestor, the singer and beacon of the Whig party, Elizabeth Linley.
Thomas Messel
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SHORT STORY

Sugar Plum

Sugar Plum

Set during the Second World War, the story combines historical details about the challenges of putting on ballet performances in London during the war, with a fictional tale where magic and reality intermingle during a production of Casse Noisette.
Lucy Ashe
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Hitler’s U-Boat War

Roger Moore on Hitler’s U-Boats

Tracy Borman on James I’s Succession

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