From the battlefield to the stage

Our pick of the latest military history books

Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth ...

I was interested to learn from David Musgrove’s online HistoryExtra article that the Bayeux Tapestry may come to England. As a boy of 11, I was inspired by learning about the tapestry at school to sew

On 8 November 1942 this colonel played a crucial role in the Allied invasion of North Africa, attempting to secure the surrender of Vichy French forces and then leading an assault to secure the Moroccan beachhead

The shared struggles of Hieronymous Bosch, Max Beckmann and William Kentridge

A tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa, chronicler of failed utopias