The war heroes from the Battle of Britain still missing in action
The Battle of Britain began 83 years ago today. In the subsequent three months and three weeks, 537 RAF pilots and aircrew were killed. Astonishingly, given combat took place over UK territory, 169 young men still have no final resting place. Aviation historian Andy Saunders reveals the tragedy of the fallen heroes left unclaimed. Daily Express :: More...
Chris Mullin: The greatest diarist since Alan Clark is back with another volume
Former Labour MP Chris Mullin might not boast the foibles of the late Tory grandee but his journals are every bit as lively, lacerating and waspish. A gift for historians, his unique insights will be studied for More...
‘I wanted to created a medieval Saving Private Ryan,’ says Dan Jones
EXCLUSIVE: Thoroughly modern historian Dan Jones on the similarities between D-Day and England’s 14th century invasion of France, why David Beckham inspired his love of tattoos…and forming an unlikely More...
‘Donald Trump will always feel like an imposter’ – new book reveals all
EXCLUSIVE: James Comey rebuffed attempts by the 45th president to make him pledge his loyalty Mafia-style, and subsequently lost his treasured job as head of the FBI. Now he’s channelled his real-life run-ins More...
SAS hero hid from Nazis as a mute butcher’s boy
Herbert Castelow pretended to be a cousin of butcher Michel Leduc, a French Resistance leader, in Vert-le-Petit, for almost two months in 1944 while waging a solo war behind enemy lines. Daily Express :: Books More...
“I was raped yet I’m still punished”: Grooming gang victim tells all in new book
EXCLUSIVE: While Christina O’Connor views the prison term she received when she was 19 as her salvation, she feels the criminal record she received prevents her receiving total “absolution”. Daily More...
War is a repulsive subject but to forget it is worse says Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks
EXCLUSIVE: As Birdsong, his perennially bestselling novel of the Western Front turns 30, Sebastian Faulks’s anger at the ten million young lives lost in the First World War remains undimmed Daily Express More...
Sharron Davies says trans athletes are denying young women sporting opportunities
EXCLUSIVE: Swimmer and campaigner Sharron Davies passionately believes male-born competitors who identify as female represent more of an injustice than the dope cheats who cruelly robbed her of a gold medal at More...
The man with the golden drawing board – The genius and hero: Ken Adam
EXCLUSIVE: Ken Adam was the design genius behind the unforgettable hideouts of Ian Fleming’s big-screen baddies and 007’s gadget-filled vehicles. Having escaped Nazi Germany and flown for the RAF during More...
The most magnificent man in his flying machine of all time
EXCLUSIVE: Born into poverty, Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown defied his humble beginnings to become a decorated war hero and the greatest test pilot ever… having flown a record-breaking 487 different aircraft. More...
