A Jewish assassin, a boxer and Kristallnacht: Champion
On 7 November 1938, 17-year old Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan shot a Nazi official dead at the German embassy in Paris. The repercussions triggered a calamity which has been called the opening act of ...
2 Sep 202029min
A Viking Dystopia: Loki’s Wager
In an alternative version of reality, Britain’s culture and traditions are rooted in the legacy of Norse pagans, the Royal Family are of Scandinavian descent, and Norwegians lead the crusades. In this...
31 Aug 202025min
Marketing Hitler: Propaganda, Power and Post-truth
Adolf Hitler understood that persuasion was everything and was the prime mover in the propaganda regime of the Third Reich. For Hitler, everything was a propaganda medium – from typography to architec...
26 Aug 202036min
Forgotten Novels of World War II
In 2019 four novels that had long been out of print were re-published in the Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics series. It aims to give forgotten novels set in the Second World War a new lease of li...
24 Aug 202017min
Scandal, Intrigue and the Orange Revolution: Independence Square
Once a senior British diplomat in Kiev, Simon Davey lost everything after a lurid scandal. Back in London, still struggling with the aftermath of his disgrace, he is travelling on the Tube when he see...
19 Aug 202028min
The Deadly Dad’s Army: In Spite of All Terror
In September 1940, as Britain faced an imminent Nazi invasion, handpicked groups of ordinary men – known as scallywags – were trained in top secret to act as saboteurs and assassins. In a new series o...
17 Aug 202028min
Napoleon: Propaganda and The Theatre
Few historical figures have made as much of an impact on the arts and popular culture as Napoleon Bonaparte, portrayed at times as a heroic visionary, and at others as comically short and bossy. But h...
12 Aug 202026min
Love and Loss in World War II: The Lost Lights of St Kilda
In 1940, the thoughts of a captured prisoner of war return to the isolated Scottish island of St Kilda – where he once took a summer job – and to the island woman he can’t forget. Alice Loxton talks t...
10 Aug 202020min
