
Synopsis for JW3 Afternoon class, Thurs 24th June
Churchill: First Lord of The Admiralty. Our story this afternoon continues with the gung-ho young-ish Churchill (He is a youthful 39 when...

Synopsis for JW3 Morning course, Thurs 24th June
This week we shall be looking at the role of The UN and The EU in The Yugoslav Civil War. We shall attempt to come to a conclusion as to...

Indian Independence & Partition: A Very Short Booklist
Freedom at Midnight Collins & Lapierre Midnight's Descendants John Keay The Indian Partition Gautam Madhav...

English Origins: A selection of new books on Saxon and Viking England
Perhaps it is coincidence or perhaps it is because of the political questioning of what it means to be English that has led to a recent...

Synopsis for Thursday morning JW3 class, Thurs 17th June
Spill-Over, Macedonia, and Ethnic Cleansing The concept of 'Spill-Over' Greater Albania Greece and Turkey One last constituent part of...

Synopsis for JW3 Afternoon class, Thurs 17th June
Churchill: Seven Extraordinary Years, 1904-11 A Liberal MP and Minister 1904/5 Visit to Africa as a Minister 1907 Radical President of...

A few books relating to China
The novelist, Edward Rutherfurd, has written a new book simply called 'China' which is set in the China of the 19th century, covering...

Synopsis for JW3 morning class. Thursday 10th June
Peace, but only short-lived for war comes again in 1998 Dayton Agreement 1995 is only a partial success because largely of Milosevic, who...

Synopsis for JW3 afternoon class, Thurs 10th June
Into Parliament, into a lifelong relationship, and into a new Party 1900-04/08 Enters House of Commons in February 1901 following his...

The Death Throes of The Spanish Empire? Morocco 2021
Good idea to have an atlas at hand Despite herself being in almost terminal decline, Spain acquired new African territory during The...

Stalin: A short booklist
Russia Martin Sixsmith A one volume history of Russia through the centuries Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag...

Some Urban History :- Rus in Urbe
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on my blog about Rural History. Today, I am writing about one aspect of Urban History, namely 'Rus in...

A very personal list of books by Former British Foreign Secretaries (post 1945)
From good history to insights into contemporary politics to ..........! The Past Masters Harold Macmillan British Politics and...

Belarus: A Short Background
A long time ago a British Prime Minister said of Czechoslovakia, 'How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging...

Synopsis for JW3 Morning Class. Thurs 27th May
Largely Bosnia Herzegovina Recap Sarajevo Siege (Bosnian capital besieged by Yugoslav Army (Serb)) Background Fighting Atrocities NATO...

Synopsis for JW3 Afternoon class. Thurs 27th May
The Transition Period in Churchill's Life: Part 2 Recap Character traits to be deduced up to this point Escape from Boer POW Camp 1900...

Just two books I use when I talk about America and Asia
The American Century and Beyond by George herring Douglas Macarthur by Arthur Herman (plus some references in Mau by Philip Short)

History & Folklore all around us: Landscapes and Nature
First, apologies for not placing on the blog a history/folklore article for a little while. I seem to have been very busy recently. ...

Short booklist: Divided Berlin - the early days
The Cold War P.Roberts The Berlin Wall F.Taylor One of the most comprehensive histories The Cold War J. Lewis Gaddis The...