Lately we have been hearing stories about wealthy Greeks taking their money out of the country and sending it to countries outside the Euro-zone. This tendency is understandable and by no means all wealthy Greeks are doing this, but billions of Euros have been taken out of an already badly damaged economy. How different was [...]
Archive for February, 2012
The Palace and the Bunker – A feature by Frank Millard
Posted in General History, Military, Royal Family, tagged Athens, Frank Millard, Greeks, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, nazi, Princess Alice, Second World War Greece, the history press, The Palace and the Bunker on February 29, 2012 |
Find out what is happening in your area with the new THP Events Schedule on Facebook
Posted in Events, General History, Local History, Military, tagged Bloody British History: Lincoln, book events, Douglas Wynn, History Press events, Hoylake Then & Now, James Daly, Jim O'Neil, literary festivals, Portsmouth's World War Two Heroes, Shackletons Dream, Signing sessions, Stephen Haddelsey, the history press, waterstones events on February 23, 2012 |
Keep up to date with all our upcoming talks, signings and book launches across the country with our new events schedule on Facebook. There is always something happening with our authors, whether it is at a local Waterstones, museum or at a literary festival. Visit the ‘Events’ tab and see what is happening in your [...]
The Reluctant Nazi
Posted in Biography, Military, tagged Berlin, Columbia University, military history, nazi, Reichstag, Third Reich, Vienna, world war 2, world war II on February 22, 2012 |
When I was studying at Columbia University in New York, a fellow student started a conversation with me saying: “So, you’ve made soap out of my aunt.” He meant it as a joke, but I could only run away to hide my tears. I was shocked and hurt without, however, at that time feeling implicated [...]
The Diamond Jubilee and its Solid Gold Setting
Posted in Military, Royal Family, tagged European monarchies, Jubilee, King George VI, military history, monarchy, nazi, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Families of Europe, world war II on February 16, 2012 |
Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is tinged with a little sadness along with the celebration because the accession in 1952 had meant the death of Her much-loved father King George VI, whose influence upon Her Majesty and Her own public duties has been profound. George VI and his consort the late Queen Elisabeth the [...]
Out of the Past
Posted in Military, tagged agincourt, archery, crecy, English army, longbow, Mary Rose, Medieval, medieval warfare, Medieval weapons, Middle Ages, military history, Procopius, saxons, Vikings on February 15, 2012 |
Like many others, I was smitten with Howard Pyle’s tales of Robin Hood. My father made me a longbow of a hickory sapling and playing with it nearly cost me an eye. I was mildly fascinated with the Middle Ages along with history generally. When in High School, I catalogued the weapons from the American [...]
No More Heroes?
Posted in Biography, General History, tagged Antarctica, antartic exoploration, antartica, Shackleton on February 9, 2012 |
The phrase ‘The Heroic Era’ was first used by the polar historian J. Gordon Hayes to denote those Antarctic expeditions which took place between 1901 and 1917, including those led by Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton, Mawson, de Gerlache, Borchgrevink, von Drygalski, Nordenskjöld, Bruce, Charcot, Shirase and Filchner. The phrase is still commonly used and continues to [...]
Mentioning the Unmentionable
Posted in Biography, General History, tagged antarctic exploration, Antarctica, antartica, exploration, modern history, Shackleton on February 7, 2012 |
Not surprisingly, day-to-day existence in Antarctica presents a huge range of problems – many of them relating to subjects which, in more temperate climes, would be matters of simple, unconsidered routine. Of these problems, some have been often and openly discussed in books and documentaries, others have been considered taboo. Among the latter is the [...]
Keeper of the Flame
Posted in Biography, General History, tagged age if exploration, antarctic exploration, Antarctica, Shackleton, Shackletons Dream on February 3, 2012 |
All too often, death – whether of a coalminer or a general – is followed by the dispersal of their belongings and records. Sometimes this process happens over a lengthy period, as items are divided among children and children’s children; sometimes it is almost instantaneous, perhaps through the break up and sale of an estate. [...]
Dead Image – A Detective Sergeant Best Mystery
Posted in Crime Fiction, Local History, tagged crime fiction, Dead Image, Detective Sergeant Best, Joan Lock, the history press, The Mystery Press on February 1, 2012 |
The explosion was heard twenty miles away. It killed boatmen and wrecked the exotic villa of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the fashionable St John’s Wood artist. But what caused the 1874 Regents Park Explosion? Fenian bombs? Sabotage by rival railways or other firms? Or was it something personal? Dead Image is a double murder mystery set in [...]
The Antarctic Junk Yard- or, Cats, Weasels and Other Beasts of Burden
Posted in Biography, General History, tagged antarctic exploration, Antarctica, antartica, Shackleton, South Pole on February 1, 2012 |
Scattered across the frozen wastes of Antarctica an intrepid restorer of historic vehicles will find a motley collection of rusting hulks upon which to practise his skills. Between 1907 and the present day, a huge range of vehicles have been tried, tested and ultimately abandoned amid the ice and snow. A few, like the ‘motor-crawler’ [...]
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