Black Spartacus

The winner of the Wolfson Prize for History significantly advances neither our knowledge of Toussaint Louverture nor Haiti. Item for The Critic.

The British military in the Second World War

– slow or quick learners? Podcast for The Critic website

Murders for late June

Recommended crime classics for The Critic website

The Game Is Afoot

Coming February 2022: The Game is Afoot. The Enduring World of Sherlock Holmes. Published by Rowman and Littlefield. Find out more.

Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler

Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler. Podcast for The Critic.

Murders for early June

Ominous murder mystery round-up for the early summer. For The Critic.

Royal Family and Empire

What Magdalen College students get wrong. It is bizarre in the extreme to focus criticism of empire on the Crown. Piece for The Critic.

A contemptible little army?

How successfully did Britain’s armed forces adapt to the reality of the First World War? Podcast for The Critic

To Lose an Empire

British Strategy and Foreign Policy, 1758-90. Podcast on one of my recent publications for The New Books Network.

Land and sea

The global reach of Britain’s armed forces in the nineteenth century. Podcast for The Critic.