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Clement Attlee: The Inevitable Prime Minister

Michael Jago

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Elected in a surprise landslide in 1945, Clement Attlee was the first ever Labour leader to command...

Ramiro de Maeztu and England: Imaginaries, Realities and Repercussions of a Cultural Encounter

David Jimenez Torres

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Ramiro de Maeztu was one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals of the early twentieth...

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession

Andrea Wulf

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One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's...

Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind

Harry Campbell

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Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be...

A Century of Royalty

Edward West

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Over the last century Britain has witnessed a royal family saga compelling, tumultuous and...

Hurricane: Hawker's Fighter Legend

John M. Dibbs, Tony Holmes and Gordon Riley

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2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the remarkable Hawker Hurricane formally entering service. The...

David McK (3734 KP) rated The Savage Isle (Savage Isle Series book 1) in Books

Feb 22, 2026

As a self-proclaimed ECW nerd, this is an unusual choice of setting for Michael Arnold: ancient Britain, just before the Roman Conquest, instead of (as in the Stryker series) during the 17th century period of the English Civil War.

It's been a while since I last read any by the author - indeed, a while since (I believe) he has published any - the last I read being, I believe, "Marston Moor", so I was a bit unsure if I would read this one or not.

In the end, I'm glad I did.

This is, largely, a 'coming of age' tale that sheds some light on the pre-Roman Britain and the culture therein, which modern evidence has shown to be more sophisticated than originally thought (after all, "history is written by the victors" and all that), following the main character of Cullen as his tribe (the Atrebates) is first destroyed by the Catuvellauni, and then finding himself fighting for the very same against the Roman invaders.

I reckon I'll pick up the inevitable sequel.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated This Is England (2007) in Movies

Jul 1, 2018

This Is England (2007)

2007 | International, Drama

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Brilliant British Film

A great British film, gritty and hard hitting and made on a shoe string budget. It doesn't matter, the story and acting make this a very powerful film and it deserves all the awards and accolades it has received.
A young boy bullied at school joins the local skinheads in early 80's Britain, but the fun and games soon start to turn nasty and violent.
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