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Four novels and a history, each set among the real events of the Second World War.
Vengeance and the Second World War
- History World War Two
- June 3, 2026
- 7 mins
Reflections on revenge, displacement, ethnic violence, and the long aftermath of the Second World War in Europe.
By the author of Ordinary Heroes
Neville Chamberlain Did the Wrong Thing
- History World War Two
- May 5, 2026
- 9 mins
The case for and against Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler, from the Rhineland to the Munich Agreement, and why David Lowther believes Britain and France should have stood up to Hitler in 1938.
Read the novel: The Blue Pencil
British Sport during the Second World War
- History World War Two Sport
- April 6, 2026
- 6 mins
How war disrupted Britain's sporting calendar, claimed the lives of leading athletes, and changed the careers of sportsmen who served between 1939 and 1945.
By the author of Ordinary Heroes
Ten Favourite Authors of Second World War Fiction
- Books World War Two
- March 2, 2026
- 5 mins
A personal reading list of ten favourite novelists writing before, during, and after the Second World War.
Read the novel: The Blue Pencil