Were Lord Mountbatten’s files suppressed to hide royal affairs? Historian asks why private letters are still sealed because they ‘endanger national security and international relations’ Andrew Lownie says he has spent £250,000 trying to see Mountbatten diaries The Mountbatten files include the private diaries of his wife Edwina from 1921 Mountbatten was the last Viceroy … Read more
Were Lord Mountbatten’s files suppressed to hide royal affairs? Historian asks why private letters are still sealed because they ‘endanger national security and international relations’ Andrew Lownie says he has spent £250,000 trying to see Mountbatten diaries The Mountbatten files include the private diaries of his wife Edwina from 1921 Mountbatten was the last Viceroy … Read more
‘I am not a bigot in any shape or form’: Art historian accused of racism for referring to the Duchess of Sussex as ‘the dreaded Meghan’ warns that academics must be able to express opinions freely Dr Anne Anderson is an honorary associate professor at the University of Exeter She was disciplined after discussing the Sussexes’ … Read more
‘I am not a bigot in any shape or form’: Art historian accused of racism for referring to the Duchess of Sussex as ‘the dreaded Meghan’ warns that academics must be able to express opinions freely Dr Anne Anderson is an honorary associate professor at the University of Exeter She was disciplined after discussing the Sussexes’ … Read more
HISTORY NAPOLEON: A LIFE IN GARDENS AND SHADOWS by Ruth Scurr (Chatto £30, 400 pp) In 1814, a few days after Napoleon abdicated as Emperor of France, the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon stopped his coach to offer a lift to a battle-weary French grenadier. ‘If Bonaparte had reigned longer,’ the young soldier told him, … Read more
Grieving Queen could ‘step back more and more’ from more duties after Philip’s death, royal historian fears Sarah Richardson is professor of modern British history at University of Warwick She said that Philip’s passing could be a ‘turning point’ in future of the monarchy Ms Richardson added service on Saturday would have been an ‘ordeal’ … Read more
I love Northern Ireland and most of its people, and find it heartbreaking to see the province in the news today not in commemoration of its centenary year but once again because of vicious communal violence. The law-abiding majority feel betrayed, and a new generation of young people is being encouraged by criminals to run … Read more
I love Northern Ireland and most of its people, and find it heartbreaking to see the province in the news today not in commemoration of its centenary year but once again because of vicious communal violence. The law-abiding majority feel betrayed, and a new generation of young people is being encouraged by criminals to run … Read more
Adolf Hitler’s father was authoritarian, strongly political, thought of himself as above others and had a lasting impact on his son, a German historian has claimed. Roman Sandgruber, professor emeritus at the University of Linz, says he made the discoveries after studying a never-before-seen trove of 31 letters written by Alois Hitler to the man who … Read more
Historian and author Christopher Lee who wrote BBC’s This Sceptred Isle dies aged 79 after coronavirus battle Christopher Lee passed away at his home in Sussex surrounded by his family His wife Fiona Graham-Mackay said the author had tested positive for Covid-19 The 79-year-old won acclaim for the BBC’s This Sceptred Isle on BBC Radio 4 … Read more