Last week I led an in depth tour centered the four battles around Monte Cassino.

AI Guidance The use of artificial intelligence (in particular generative AI or genAI) is expressly forbidden in this module. This does not include the spellcheck function in Word, for example. Why am...

The Manston centre in Kent became overwhelmed in November 2022 at the height of the small boats crisis.

People evacuated from village near airbase used by US air force in Gloucestershire Villagers have been evacuated from their homes near RAF Fairford after the arrest of several men on suspicion of explosives offences, police have said. A major incident was declared, with armed police manning a cordon near the village of Whelford in Gloucestershire, near the site of the airbase which is used by the US air force (USAF). Continue reading...

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

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In Warsaw: A City at War 1939–45, historians Prit Buttar and Lottie Taylor bring to light the unparalleled experience of a city caught between two invading powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, a...

YouTube video by Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris

An explainer on vaccines in England, covering vaccine safety, immunisation programmes, uptake rates, inequalities and public health outcomes.

YouTube video by Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris

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How can the digital humanities address and explore the Holocaust? In these days of Chat GPT, we may be rightly wary about the use of computers to analyze the past.  However, today’s episode shows...