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Sir Barney White-Spunner discusses his latest book Nations in Arms , in which he analyses how five armies across centuries have found success on and off the battlefield, and helped shape Europe
From pristine colonial centres to Amazonian villages and Andean hill towns, the more you see of Ecuador, the more you realise every bit of it is unique, writes Ilan David
Cuenca’s many layers of history are never more visible than during the winter solstice, writes George Kipouros
How a lethal mixture of arrogance, fear and blind faith condemned millions of Chinese to death
Long before the Romans came to dominate the ancient world – before Caesar crossed the Rubicon, Claudius invaded Britain and Vesuvius buried Pompeii – another civilisation dominated the Italian peninsu
Danny Bird What made you decide to write about the collapse of the western Roman empire and the rise of Christianity? Alice Roberts I’ve long been fascinated by this historical period, especially in B
