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The Royal Air Force's Bombing Offensive Against Nazi Germany

Richard Strachan, author of the WW2 novel Night Fire, examines the history behind the RAF's aggressive bombing campaign against the Germans

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A History of Intelligence with David Brydan

David Brydan, the author of Smart, explains how our ideas about human intelligence have changed over time

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Meeting the Mavericks with Nick Higham

Nick Higham tells us about his vibrant cast of British servicemen who fought to save Baku from the Turks in 1918

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What the Genoese Could Have Told the Dutch

Nicholas Walton finds similarities in the histories of the Genoese and the Dutch

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Shining a Light on Dracula

The true story of Vlad Dracula the Impaler

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Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle with Richard Vinen

Richard Vinen tells us about his biographical study of 'the last titans'

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How the Victorians Defended Britain with Andrew Lambert

Andrew Lambert's new book explores an inspired century of statecraft

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Penthesilea the Amazonian Queen

Christine Lehnen considers the gaps in our cultural memory

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In Search of Gertrude Stein with Francesca Wade

Francesca Wade tells us all about her new book, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

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Folk Cookery from the English Countryside

Lally Macbeth on the binding importance of the English Cake

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D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Aftermath (Part 3 of 3)

In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

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D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Invasion (Part 2 of 3)

In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images