Mike Brown is the author of the new fashion book The 1960s Look. Using contemporary sources, photographs and meticulous research the book walks you through the decade telling you how men, women and children dressed and how you too can achieve the ‘1960s Look’. Here, he explains the joys and difficulties of writing about a… Read More »Fashion Revolution: The Swinging Sixties
To celebrate the release of Mike Brown’s The 1960s Look, let’s see how much you already know about the delirious decade… Don your leather sweat pants and let your hair roam free. Liberate yourself with this quiz!
David Worsfold explains how he researched the remarkable life of Thomas Kelly, a man who served for more than 50 years in the British Army. He is the subject of Worsfold’s book Fighting for the Empire. Researching and writing a biography of someone whose long, adventurous life covered over 20 countries across four continents is… Read More »Fighting for the Empire
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why the South China Sea dispute is a potential catalyst for another war… On July 12th 2016, The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) made a landmark decision against China’s “nine-dash” line territorial claim over… Read More »What’s the Problem with the South China Sea?
W. F. Morris was one of the most acclaimed novelists to write about trench life during WWI. Here, his grandson David remembers him, and shows how his legacy endures. ‘Oh What a Lovely War!’ was exactly the right show to direct in November 2014. It was to be my last year before retiring as… Read More »My Grandfather the WWI Novelist
Mark Barnes has spent years in The Times’ digital archive compiling some of the most stunning, tragic and brutal photos of the war. He has made the compilation into the book The Liberation of Europe 1944-1945. These photographs have not been seen until now. I’ve spent nearly four decades working with picture archives and have enjoyed a… Read More »The WWII Photos you Haven’t Seen Before
The Viking age was one of the most expansive and innovative eras in the history of the Nordic countries. Pillaging and warfare led the Vikings all the way to America, Russia, Turkey, Spain and Africa, virtually every corner of Europe and even a bit further. Viking ships attacked almost every shore in the Western world… Read More »The Viking Warrior by Kim Hjardar
When Xi Jingping took office as the President of the People’s Republic of China in the middle of 2012, little did we know what seismic changes he would make to the country, especially to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or PLA. This Great Transformation is still very much work-in- progress and how it draws… Read More »China’s Fight Against Army Corruption
We at Casemate were very pleased to hear about the ‘Durham Remembers’ events commemorating 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. One of the highlights is the interactive experience 1916: No Turning Back which allows visitors to follow a new recruit on his way to the front. You witness the recruit begin training where… Read More »1916: No Turning Back – Durham’s Remembrance
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