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Current Archaeology’s October Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

Current Archaeology

There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would prefer to get your heritage fix from the comfort of your sofa, though, there is a variety of resources on offer online, too, from virtual site tours and digital offerings by museums to podcasts, TV shows, and more. Kathryn Krakowka has put together a selection from the options available.

Museum news

Current Archaeology

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

The Bayeux Tapestry

Current Archaeology

Britain has been overcome by Bayeux Tapestry fever (as has CA: see our feature on here and more in Sherds on here) with the famous embroidery returning to British soil for the

Museum

Museum – 1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey and Battlefield

Military History

May 13, 2021

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Calum Henderson.

Books

Special Forces in World War II

Military History

May 13, 2021

Elite units played an essential if often obscure role during the Second World War. In this new illustrated book, with more than 120 colour and black-and-white images, Michael E Haskew charts units

Books

At Close Range: life and death in an artillery regiment, 1939-45

Military History

May 13, 2021

The direct experience of the gunners has long been a neglected aspect of World War II history. We have had plenty on life in a tank unit, or a fighter squadron, but

Books

Blood and Iron: the rise and fall of the German Empire 1871-1918

Military History

May 12, 2021

Just over halfway through her excellent new book on Germany between the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the ‘Captain of Köpenick’ incident. In 1906,

Books

The Spitfire Kids

Military History

May 12, 2021

Despite depictions of the Battle of Britain as a campaign waged by grown-up men and women, the average age of an RAF fighter pilot at the height of the Second World War

Books

Jet Man: the making and breaking of Frank Whittle, genius of the jet revolution

Military History

May 11, 2021

This is a fine, deeply researched book, with Frank Whittle’s story beginning with a lad of humble origin who, aged just 16, entered the RAF as an apprentice fitter, already with strong

Books

Nuclear Folly: a new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Military History

May 11, 2021

A crisis over a small island south of the mainland United States in the autumn of 1962 was the closest the world ever came to a devastating nuclear war. Award-winning historian Serhii

Books

HARRIER 809: Britain’s legendary jump jet, and the untold story of the Falkands War

Military History

May 10, 2021

In 1982, Britain went to war in the Falklands, relying for the last time on an aircraft that was entirely made within the country: the Harrier Jump Jet. Not only this, but

Books

Facing the Mountain: the forgotten heroes of the Second World War

Military History

May 10, 2021

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 80 years ago not only brought the United States into a war, but provoked a wave of hostility to Japanese immigrants and their children across

TV & Film

Why We Fight – The Battle of Russia

Military History

May 10, 2021

Like all the Why We Fight films, it is a highly charged, emotional account, always looking to create maximum impact.

Museum

Disney goes to war

Military History

May 9, 2021

More than 90% of the Disney company’s wartime output was dedicated to assisting in the struggle against Japan, Nazi Germany, and their allies.

Books

Churchill and Son

Military History

May 9, 2021

What did the leaders of the ‘Big Three’ superpowers during the Second World War have in common? Well, Franklin Roosevelt’s five children went through 19 marriages between them. Meanwhile, Stalin laughed off

Books

Stalin’s War

Military History

May 9, 2021

‘I trust no one, not even myself.’ So the merciless dictator of the Soviet Union reportedly once said. In this new book, Sean McMeekin explores the Second World War from Joseph Stalin’s

Museum·What's on

Military History Events, Lectures, and Exhibitions – May

Military History

May 9, 2021

The best military history events, lectures, and exhibitions in May 2021, including an online course delving into the discovery of King Richard III in a car park, and an exhibit on Disney wartime propaganda.

Books

The Reckoning: the defeat of Army Group South, 1944

Military History

May 8, 2021

The Eastern Front remains the forgotten child of Western histories of the Second World War. Even the phrase ‘Eastern Front’ is a reflection of a Western-centric view that sees the struggle between

News·TV & Film

Filming begins on new Spielberg WWII miniseries

Military History

May 8, 2021

The series is based on Donald L Miller’s non-fiction book of the same name on the American 8th Air Force.

TV & Film

War Classics – A Bridge Too Far

Military History

May 8, 2021

MHM Editor Neil Faulkner recalls one of the great works of military history.

Books

The Shortest History of War

Military History

May 8, 2021

From slings and arrows to cyberwarfare, conflict is innate to human nature despite the peace much of the modern world now enjoys. In the latest addition to the bestselling ‘shortest history’ series,

Museum·News

Aircraft at RAF museum get a spring clean

May 6, 2021

The annual high-level cleaning took place at the end of April and was conducted by specialists from ArcoServices. The team also carried out various safety checks on the suspension cables which keep the aircraft in ‘flight’.

Books

Hadrian’s Wall: Creating Division

Current Archaeology

May 5, 2021

Symonds provides a particularly accessible and entertaining overview of this complex monument, including the history of its construction and the role of the Wall in later history.

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