
JW3 Extended Morning Lecture on Napoleon's Final Years on St Helena
The morning will fall into three parts:- Part 1: a. The study of History and Napoleon's legacy in France today b. Surrender to the...

Change is the only Constant: A Personal Rumination
Change is the only constant, as the old adage has it; and, of course, that is unchallengeable in terms of the human lifespan. The only...

An Occasional Series on The British Civil War: Part 1 CLUBMEN
PERSONAL PREFACE I am often asked what is my favourite part of history. I usually reply, to learners, 'whatever I am teaching at the...

Napoleon: A short reading list
Napoleon the Great Andrew Roberts Napoleon Adam Zamoyski (The latest and arguably one of the best one volume biographies) The...

Last JW3 class in morning course on Yugoslavia, Thursday 15th July
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, North Macedonia: Then and Now Two success stories: Slovenia and Croatia Bosnia Herzegovina North...

Last JW3 class in the afternoon Churchill course this Thurs 15th July
'The End of The Beginning' 1921: A Year of family tragedy Political Life 1922-24: Recap with additional material An odd interlude: A...

A Further Churchill Reading List: Churchill War Leader
This is a short list of books I would personally recommend. Most have lengthy bibliographies to take you further. As an adult educator...

Synopsis for JW3 afternoon class Thurs 8th July
Rehabilitation under Lloyd-George: 1917-21 Minister of Munitions Visits France in March 1918 as Lloyd-George's eyes and ears Secretary of...

Synopsis for JW3 morning class 8th July
Further Violence and Division: Part One: Serbia (+ Kosovo & Montenegro) Introduction to morning Fall of Milosevic 2000 Murder in...

Another Churchill list of books for roughly the inter-war years
The Second World War Vol 1 Winston Churchill Step by Step Winston Churchill Winston's Folly Christopher Catherwood...

Synopsis for Thursday 1st July JW3 morning class
War Crimes and Justice Introduction Genocide: Definition and application to Bosnia Ethnic Cleansing, Rape, Massacres Serbs stand...

A Further Churchill Book List: The Early Years
Churchill 1874-1915 Ted Morgan My Early Life Winston Churchill Speaking for Themselves ed. Mary Soames...

Synopsis for JW3 afternoon class 1/7
Failure, Adventure, and a sort of Rehabilitation: 1915-16 1 Political Careers and Churchill's own political career. A Recap. 2 ...

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...