Taylor Downing revisits one of the most famous anti-war films ever made. All Quiet on the Western Front is a double Oscar-winning…
In the many future wars between English and Scots, was the continuing independence of Scotland ever seriously in question.…
Bannockburn: Scotland’s crucial victory
Revanchist Republic: France prepares for war
Siege-Master: Vauban and France’s ‘Fatal Avenue’
Cracking Cassino: The Anzio Beachhead…
This year, as the nation marks the Centenary of the First World War, the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (QAHH) in Worthing celebrates its 95th birthday. Over…
An MHM selection of some of the best events coming up over the next few months. War Music: notes from the First World War In the First…
This month we have a pair of tickets to the Battle Proms Open Air Picnic Concerts to be won. The Battle Proms…
Think of something appropriately witty for this picture and leave your caption as a comment below. The best caption will be judged…
The Lancastrians were a usurper dynasty. Their contested authority culminated in the Wars of the Roses, and later inspired Shakespeare’s history plays.…
In 1942 Sir Winston Churchill stirringly declared, ‘I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation…
Taylor Downing takes a look at how 1960s Hollywood dealt with one of the most important days of the Second World War.…