Conrad Black’s “Forgotten History” takes a deep dive into Canada’s civil rights
Delves into Canada’s civil rights evolution over the centuries and dispels misconceptions about Canada’s civil rights record
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The Manhattan Project’s indispensable man
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves was put in charge of the Manhattan Project because he had a reputation for getting things done
The real story behind Thomas Becket and Murder in the Cathedral
PAT MURPHY: Was Becket, perhaps subconsciously, simply in search of sainthood and martyrdom?
Unlikely Insider chronicles Jack Austin’s journey from humble beginnings to political success
ROSLYN KUNIN: Unlikely Insider documents Jack Austin conviction that even a single individual can bring about substantial change
John F. Kennedy was an Irish-American who transcended his roots
PAT MURPHY: In June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was welcomed to Ireland as ‘the first citizen of the great republic of the west’
History constantly challenges our notion of progress
MICHAEL BONNER: The optimism of the Information Age has been replaced with the age of despair. It is a cause for concern
Who was to blame for the First World War?
PAT MURPHY: Unravelling the blame game: Exploring the complex factors behind the First World War
Zelenskyy and Ukraine join elite company with 2023 Charlemagne Prize
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: But who was Charlemagne and why is a prize named after him?
Marie Antoinette’s formidable mother a powerful and controversial ruler
PAT MURPHY: Austrian ruler Maria Theresa was one tough cookie
Caesar and Alexander – heroes, villains, or both?
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: Projecting modern values back over two thousand years is the tricky bit
The Canadian who helped tame America’s Wild West
PAT MURPHY: Born in Quebec, Bat Masterson set out to find adventure on America’s frontier – and he found plenty
Nixon in love
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: A 2015 biography by Evan Thomas gives us Nixon in the round, talented and tortured, ambitious and insecure
Tying up the loose ends on Flora Macdonald’s story
Flora Macdonald, who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape after the Battle of Culloden, was nothing if not a practical woman
Winston Churchill and the villainous ‘Guilty Men’
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: An influential book from 1940 laid the guilt of appeasing Nazi Germany at the feet of 15 public figures
Popular historian Paul Johnson dead at 94
BOOKS: An enthusiastic polemicist, Johnson had no qualms about giving voice to his particular perspective on the world
The ignominious end of the Ottoman Empire
PAT MURPHY: The last sultan, Mehmed VI, left his palace under British protection on November 17, 1922
BOOKS: The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson Ireland’s Sarajevo?
PAT MURPHY: Regardless of the reaction to Wilson’s death, the Irish civil war was likely to happen. No government can tolerate an armed opposition
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